LIVE: Congress complains a bit too much, MLAs didn't even stake claim, says Jaitley

Get live updates on Manohar Parrikar's swearing-in ceremony as Goa Chief Minister

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrives at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

election result 2017 LIVE: Over two years after he quit as Chief Minister of to become the nation's Defence Minister, is set to take over the coastal state's mantle again on Tuesday as the head of a BJP-led government. The decks were cleared for Parrikar to take oath as Chief Minister with President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday accepting his resignation as Defence Minister and assigning additional charge of the ministry to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

"The President has accepted Manohar Parrikar's resignation from the council of ministers with immediate effect under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution," a President Office statement said.

Earlier in the day, Parrikar resigned to head a new government in Parrikar has been chief minister of twice before -- from October 2000 to February 2005 and from March 2012 to November 8, 2014 before being appointed the Defence Minister.

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LIVE: Congress complains a bit too much, MLAs didn't even stake claim, says Jaitley

Get live updates on Manohar Parrikar's swearing-in ceremony as Goa Chief Minister

Get live updates on Manohar Parrikar's swearing-in ceremony as Goa Chief Minister
election result 2017 LIVE: Over two years after he quit as Chief Minister of to become the nation's Defence Minister, is set to take over the coastal state's mantle again on Tuesday as the head of a BJP-led government. The decks were cleared for Parrikar to take oath as Chief Minister with President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday accepting his resignation as Defence Minister and assigning additional charge of the ministry to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

"The President has accepted Manohar Parrikar's resignation from the council of ministers with immediate effect under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution," a President Office statement said.

Earlier in the day, Parrikar resigned to head a new government in Parrikar has been chief minister of twice before -- from October 2000 to February 2005 and from March 2012 to November 8, 2014 before being appointed the Defence Minister.
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