Goa CM Parrikar is expected to rejoin office in November: BJP

October 24, 2018 19:51

The BJP in Goa on Wednesday said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, whose extended absence from office due to ill health has sparked demands of temporary replacement, is likely to resume duty next month.

The state unit Bhartiya Janata Party president Vinay Tendulkar, however, conceded the pace of administration in the coastal state has "slowed down" in the absence of the chief minister.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party president Dipak Dhavlikar demanded that Parrikar hand over his charge to "any of the senior ministers" till he recovered from illness. He also said the people of Goa were complaining about the "collapse" of administration in absence of Parrikar.

According to BJP, Parrikar, 62, is currently recuperating at his private residence at Dona Paula near Panaji since he was shifted there from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi.

"Parrikar is recovering well and we expect him to resume office in the next month, that is November," Tendulkar told reporters.

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