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Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar is an Indian politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party who has been Chief Minister of Goa since 14 March 2017. Earlier he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. He was born on 13 December 1955 in Mapusa, Goa. He studied at Loyola High School, Margao and completed his secondary education in Marathi. He graduated in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1978. He is the first IIT alumnus to serve as MLA of an Indian state. He had served as Defence Minister of India from 2014 to 2017. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Parrikar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and became a sanghchalak at the age of 26. He was active in the RSS's North Goa unit, becoming a key organiser of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. As a member of the BJP, Parrikar was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Goa in 1994. He was leader of the opposition from June to November 1999. On 27 October 27 2018 the Goa government announced that CM Manohar Parrikar has pancreatic cancer.

Manohar Parrikar

BJP's Panaji MLA resigns, paves way for CM Parrikar to enter Goa Assembly
National | May 10, 2017, 05:19 PM IST
BJP MLA from Panaji constituency, Siddharth Kuncalienkar, today resigned from his seat, paving the way for CM Manohar Parrikar to contest the by-election and enter the Goa Assembly.
Manohar Parrikar to contest Assembly bypoll from Panaji: Goa BJP chief
National | May 10, 2017, 02:12 PM IST
Goa Chief minister Manohar Parrikar will contest the bypoll to the Panaji Assembly constituency.
Goa Assembly unanimously passes Goods and Services Tax Bill
National | May 09, 2017, 03:28 PM IST
Parrikar said that the state could expect to gain anywhere from Rs 600 crore to Rs 1,000 crore annually after the implementation of GST.

Congress to field candidate against CM Manohar Parrikar in bypoll
National | May 03, 2017, 02:35 PM IST
Parrikar, who was sworn-in as Goa Chief Minister on March 14, has to get elected to the Assembly within six months of taking charge as the CM.
Empty vessels make the most noise: Manohar Parrikar on Pakistan
National | Apr 15, 2017, 05:32 PM IST
Dismissing Pakistan as an empty vessel making noise, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that India’s western neighbour country is up to something or the other, to remain engaged.
It's not easy to resolve Kashmir issue: Parrikar
Politics | Apr 15, 2017, 12:50 PM IST

Quit as defence minister due to ‘pressure’ of key issues like Kashmir: Manohar Parrikar
National | Apr 15, 2017, 12:45 PM IST
Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar On Friday said that the pressure of some key issues, like Kashmir, was one of the reasons why he opted to quit as the defence minister and return to his home state.
Resolving Kashmir issue is not easy, says Manohar Parrikar
National | Apr 14, 2017, 01:12 PM IST
Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today compared Kashmir dispute with a conundrum and said that it’s not an easy issue to resolve.
BJP to work in coordination with allies in Goa: Manohar Parrikar
National | Apr 13, 2017, 01:28 PM IST
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that his government will involve alliance partners in the decision-making process as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

Ex-Cong MLA Vishwajit Rane joins BJP, clears way for Manohar Parrikar to contest from Valpoi
National | Apr 06, 2017, 06:25 PM IST
Former Goa Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane, who resigned from the party and the Assembly after refusing to vote against the trust motion of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar last month, joined the BJP today.
Vishwajit Rane’s entry into BJP clears decks for Manohar Parrikar to contest from Valpoi
National | Apr 05, 2017, 02:33 PM IST
Virtually paving the way for Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to contest from Goa’s Valpoi constituency vacated after the resignation of the Congress MLA, Vishwajit Rane is all set to be inducted into the BJP tomorrow.
‘Shame on you Mr Parrikar’: Digvijaya blasts CM for ‘cheating’ people of Goa
National | Apr 01, 2017, 01:53 PM IST
Demanding an apology from the CM, Singh, said, “Shame on you Mr Parrikar and your hunger for Power. You have cheated the People of Goa. Apologise to them."

Congress MPs protest Goa CM Manohar Parrikar’s presence in Rajya Sabha
National | Mar 31, 2017, 02:32 PM IST
Congress MPs in Rajya Sabha today protested against the presence of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in the House during the “Zero Hour”.
Adityanath, Parrikar, Maurya likely to resign from LS after presidential polls: Report
National | Mar 22, 2017, 06:47 AM IST
CM Adityanath, along with his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya and Manohar Parrikar, who took over as Goa CM, are however expected to resign from Parliament after the presidential polls slated in July.
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar allots portfolios, keeps Home, Finance for himself
National | Mar 20, 2017, 09:56 PM IST
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday allotted portfolios to his nine cabinet colleagues from the BJP and its allies.

BJP-led coalition in Goa will crumble soon, says Shiv Sena
National | Mar 20, 2017, 08:23 PM IST
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said that the BJP-led government in Goa will crumble soon.
Manohar Parrikar to contest by-poll from seat vacated by Congress MLA Vishwajeet Rane?
National | Mar 16, 2017, 11:09 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar is likely to contest from Valpoi constituency, vacated after resignation of Congress MLA Vishwajeet Rane.
‘When you come to Goa to party, not to work’: Parrikar’s dig at Digvijaya Singh
National | Mar 16, 2017, 05:09 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar today won the trust vote on the floor of the House with the support of 22 MLAs to Congress' 16
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar wins confidence vote in State Assembly
Politics | Mar 16, 2017, 02:13 PM IST
Major cabinet revamp in offing after Budget Session?
National | Mar 16, 2017, 10:59 AM IST
Following the declaration of Assembly election results and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to shift former Defence minister Manohar Parrikar to Goa, there is buzz of a major rejig of the Union Cabinet.