India Today – October 08, 2018

TRIPURA: Q&A

WITH CM BIPLAB

DEBPG 6

UP: WILL MAYA

SHAPE-SHIFT?

PG

BIHAR: CONGRESS
LOOKS ‘FORWARD’

PG STATES

TELANGANA:

HONOUR KILLINGS

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B

oth the BJP and its allies greeted Amit

Shah’s announcement on September 23

that the ailing Manohar Parrikar would

continue as Goa’s chief minister with

exuberant cheers. While for the BJP it ended the

uncertainty over the state government’s stability,

the allies, including the three independent MLAs,

saw it as a chance to press home their demands.

Admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following prolonged

treatment in the US, Parrikar had reportedly

offered to step down. Shah and his advisors had

even discussed alternative candidates, including

Union ayush minister Shripad Naik and Sudin

Dhavalikar, state PWD minister from the Maha-

CONGRESS SMELLS

AN OPPORTUNITY

The BJP has no choice, ailing CM

Parrikar has to stay at the helm

to keep its shaky ship aloat

By Kiran D. Tare

GOA

PATIENT ALERT

CM Parrikar in Goa

in June after three

months in the US

PANAJI

IANS

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