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PANAJI: Ministers in the Manohar Parrikar-led coalition government not only used foul language, but also used casteist slurs during Thursday's cabinet meeting, the Congress party said here on Friday. This, said the Congress, proved that Parrikar had lost control over his cabinet and specifically over the BJP’s coalition partners.The Congress also called Friday’s cabinet meeting a low point in Goa’s history, likening the meeting to a “troop of monkeys fighting over a fallen bunch of bananas.”“The Congress party has always said that because of the chief minister’s illness, governance is suffering. This cabinet meeting proves that the chief minister has no control over his ministers,” said chief spokesperson Sunil Kawthankar.“Despite the chief minister being in the BJP, we don’t think it is fair that a person who is so sick, is put through such stress,” Kawthankar said.The Congress spokesperson also warned the government against inaugurating the new cable-stayed Mandovi bridge if it was not ready for vehicular traffic..