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“Parrikar sticking to the CM post like a leech”: Jaipal Reddy

Jaipal Reddy also alleged that Parrikar might be blackmailing Narendra Modi as he was defence minister when India finalised renewed Rafale deal with France.

 

Panji| Senior Congress leader Jaipal Reddy said that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is sticking to his post like a “leech”. He was indicating at Parrikar refusing to step down from the post despite suffering from severe illness.

Taking a jibe at the Goa CM, he further asked, “He talks of morality, what morality is there of Mr Parrikar sticking to the chair like a leech?” He also alleged that he might be blackmailing Narendra Modi as he was defence minister when India finalised renewed Rafale deal with France. “I know he is in a position to blackmail Narendra Modi, he was the Defence Minister during Rafale deal,” Reddy said.

Former Defense Minister and currently, Goa CM is suffering from pancreatic cancer and has stayed away for 9 months for treatment. Recently, a group of hundreds of people marched to Chief Minister’s residence demanding his resignation. The people demanded that he should resign immediately and a “full-time” CM should take over the governance in the state.

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