New Delhi: With Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar being admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Union minister Nitin Gadkari is expected to reach the state on Monday amid speculation that the senior-most minister in the state government, Maharashtra Gomantak Party leader Sudin Dhavalikar, could be named the caretaker chief minister. Mr Parrikar had been unwell due to pancreatic ailment for the past eight months. Mr Gadkari is likely to discuss the issue with the BJP’s state core group before any decision in this regard in announced.
Mr Parrikar, 62, had returned from the US in the first week of September and was admitted at the Dukle Hospital at Candolim earlier this week from where he was shifted to the AIIMS on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier this year, he had undergone a three-month-long treatment in the US. Mr Parrikar had formed a Cabinet Advisory Committee to guide the state during his absence. The two-day State Executive meeting of the BJP is also scheduled on September 29 and the state leadership want the party’s top brass to resolve the issue so that the state administration does not get affected, especially at a time when the opposition Congress is building pressure for fresh polls.
