From Goa CM to India’s Defence
It was a red-letter day for Goa when Manohar Parrikar became the Defence minister of the country. Parrikar, who had been sworn-in as chief minister of Goa following the 2012 State Assembly elections, resigned as Chief Minister on November 8 and the following day was inducted into the Central Cabinet and entrusted with the Defence portfolio. Though there had been speculation through most of the year that Parrikar would make a move to the Centre, when it finally happened it took many by surprise.
A Mumbai IIT graduate, 59-year-old Parrikar, has been instrumental in taking the party to a simple majority in the State assembly. Under Parrikar’s leadership, BJP won 21 of the 40 Assembly seats in the 2012 Assembly elections.
