Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal quits BJP, to contest election as independent

January 21, 2022

Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal quits BJP, to contest election as independent

Utpal also said that resignation was a formality but the BJP will "always remain in my heart.

November 01, 2021
Manohar Parrikar's son stakes claim to Panaji seat

Utpal Parrikar is hoping the BJP would give him a ticket for the Assembly polls.
March 31, 2021
Parrikar biography stokes fresh row over Gen Rawat's elevation as Army chief

Gen. Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff and Army Chief prior to that, had a close association with Parrikar when he was Defence Minister. In fact, it was on Parrikar's watch in the MoD that Gen. Rawat was made the Army Chief.
May 23, 2019
Panaji Assembly bypoll: BJP loses late Manohar Parrikar's seat to Congress

The bypoll for the Panaji Assembly constituency was necessitated following the death of its MLA and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in March, after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer.
May 16, 2019
BJP, Cong sweat it out to capture Parrikar's Panaji

Refusing ticket to the late chief minister's son, Utpal, the BJP has fielded former MLA Siddharth Kunkolienkar.
March 24, 2019
Row erupts over 'purification' of venue where Parikkar's body was kept for viewing

The inquiry was ordered with the circulation of photos showing four priests chanting and walking about in the area, where Parrikar's remains had been kept.
March 19, 2019
Goa gets a new CM in the wee hours, BJP's Pramod Sawant takes oath

BJP president Vinay Tendulkar now claims that the swearing-in ceremony had been 'slightly delayed'.

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