PTI, PANJIM: Amid rumblings in RSS’s Goa unit following the ouster of its
chief Subhash Velingkar, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has arrived in the
state and is likely to meet Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Sunday.
Parrikar landed here on Saturday night at about 9.30 PM.
“He is likely to meet the Chief Minister to take stock
of the situation,” a senior BJP leader on Sunday told PTI on the condition
of anonymity.
The crucial meeting between the two leaders is kept away
from the media glare considering the sensitivity of the issue.
Parrikar is also expected to meet state BJP leaders during
his stay here.
He is likely to be here till Tuesday as the state will celebrate
Ganesh Chaturthi festival on Monday.
The senior BJP leader would be attending festivities at his
ancestral place in Parra near Mapusa town.
Velingkar had taken on the BJP government in Goa over its
support for English-medium schools and was ousted from his post as RSS’s state
unit chief on August 31.
He had blamed Parrikar and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for
the action against him.
Velingkar, who claimed that hundreds of RSS workers and
supporters have rallied behind him, had also asserted that the Sangh unit in
the state will function independently of the parent body, at least till the
Assembly polls.
However, later striking a conciliatory note he had said
there was no rift in the organisation and the differences would be sorted out
soon.
