Asked to comment on the fluid political scenario in Goa, where Parrikar has been incapacitated due to his prolonged treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer, Prabhu said: “What is the impasse? There is no impasse. The government is stable.”
“There is no need for anybody to take responsibility. I am responsible for the health of citizens not health of politics”.
Parrikar’s failure to attend to day-to-day administrative and political chores due to his prolonged treatment, which has stretched over eight months now, has thrown Goa into a political crisis for the last several weeks.
While the coalition allies have been stepping up pressure on the BJP seeking ministerial portfolios, the saffron party appears to be in a bind over the issue of choosing a successor for the ailing Chief Minister.
–IANS
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