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Manohar Parrikar being pressured to continue as Chief Minister, alleges former Goa unit RSS chief Velingkar

Press Trust of India • October 25, 2018, 12:19:05 IST
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Former Goa unit RSS chief Subhash Velingkar demanded that the state government give an update on the Chief Minister’s health

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Manohar Parrikar being pressured to continue as Chief Minister, alleges former Goa unit RSS chief Velingkar

Panaji: Former Goa unit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh  (RSS) chief Subhash Velingkar has alleged that the BJP high command is pressuring Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to continue in the post despite his ill health, to retain power in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, rubbished his charge, saying Parrikar was not being forced to continue as the Chief Minister and that his health condition was improving. Velingkar demanded that the state government give an update on the Chief Minister’s health. “They (government) are fooling people. Parrikar needs proper rest. Unfortunately, the BJP high command in Delhi wants to retain power in Goa, that is why they are not allowing him to rest. They are power hungry,” he alleged. [caption id=“attachment_5377901” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![File image of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. PTI](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Manohar-Parrikar-new_PTI1.jpg) File image of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. PTI[/caption] He was talking to reporters on Wednesday evening after addressing a meeting of his supporters in Mandrem Assembly constituency, where a bypoll is due after Dayanand Sopte, who had won from there last year, resigned and joined the BJP. Velingkar was ousted from the post of the Goa RSS chief in 2016 after his critical comments against Parrikar. Later, he formed a political outfit called the Goa Suraksha Manch, which fought against the BJP in the state Assembly polls held last year. Velingkar said the state government should have appointed another person as the chief minister till Parrikar recovered from illness. “I feel this government will be dissolved and the Goa Assembly elections would be held along with the Lok Sabha polls,” he said. Velingkar said the BJP was “no more a party of ideology”. “The elected representatives don’t have anything to do with the party’s ideology. They have imported leaders from other parties. The loyal cadre is disturbed. In the next election, the BJP will be completely wiped out from the state,” he claimed. When contacted, BJP Goa unit chief Vinay Tendulkar said there is no issue of the party high command forcing Parrikar to continue in the chair. “His health condition is improving now and he will resume office in November,” he said. Dismissing Velingkar’s claims that BJP leaders were not following the party’s ideology, Tendulkar said, “Whosoever is in the party is because he/she believes in our ideology.”

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