Parrikar memorial to be constructed at Miramar: CM

  • | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

PANAJI: A memorial will be constructed dedicated to four-time former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar . After Bandodkar, Parrikar was also the only Goa CM to have passed away while in office.Bandodkar had suffered a heart attack when he was still the Goa CM, whereas Parrikar passed away after battling pancreatic cancer , continuing to perform duties of chief minister till the very end. The structure will be built at the place where the last rites of Parrikar were conducted at Miramar, new Goa CM Pramod Sawant said, on his first day in office on Tuesday.The former Union defence minister will be the second leader in Goa to have a memorial dedicated to him after Goa’s first CM Dayanand Bandodkar Parrikar’s last rites were carried out next to the Bandodkar memorial at Miramar. Parrikar breathed his last on March 17. After the rites were conducted on Monday, Goans thronged the spot since early morning on Tuesday and were seen clicking photos of the ashes that lay decorated with flowers.

PANAJI: A memorial will be constructed dedicated to four-time former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar . The structure will be built at the place where the last rites of Parrikar were conducted at Miramar, new Goa CM Pramod Sawant said, on his first day in office on Tuesday.The former Union defence minister will be the second leader in Goa to have a memorial dedicated to him after Goa’s first CM Dayanand Bandodkar Parrikar’s last rites were carried out next to the Bandodkar memorial at Miramar. After the rites were conducted on Monday, Goans thronged the spot since early morning on Tuesday and were seen clicking photos of the ashes that lay decorated with flowers. Police personnel have been posted to guard the spot and activity of landscaping could be seen being carried out already near the area.While Bandodkar was the first to occupy the CM’s chair after Goa’s liberation, Parrikar, a six-time Panaji MLA, rose to occupy a senior position in the Union cabinet. After Bandodkar, Parrikar was also the only Goa CM to have passed away while in office.Bandodkar had suffered a heart attack when he was still the Goa CM, whereas Parrikar passed away after battling pancreatic cancer , continuing to perform duties of chief minister till the very end. Parrikar breathed his last on March 17.

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