Parrikar to quit as Goa CM due to poor health

BJP team to visit Goa today

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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has reportedly offered to resign due to poor health. According to sources, Parrikar has conveyed his decision to PM Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah saying it is difficult for him to continue.

BJP central team is expected to arrive in Goa soon to oversee political developments and speak to its party leaders, as well as assure allies over the future course of action, party sources said on Friday.

BJP sources said that Parrikar has already apprised the party high command of his health condition during a telephonic conversation on Friday evening.

Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai, who is one of the Cabinet ministers who met Parrikar on Friday, along with several other Cabinet colleagues, told reporters after the meeting that BJP central leaders would be arriving in Goa on Saturday to take stock of the situation.