Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, who was under the weather for quite some time now is recovering from a surgery. He made a rare public appearance, with a tube in his nose. He can be seen walking with the support. People on Twitter voiced their opinion that the chief minister must take care of his health.
Manohar Parrikar kept his health aside and still inspected an under-construction bridge on Mandovi River. For the first time, Manohar moved out of his house and has been seen in public since returning to the state on October 14 after hospitalisation in the national capital’s AIIMS.
He then inspected the work of a bridge over Zuari River near Agassaim village, near the capital. It is cognisance of the fact that Goa CM is suffering from a pancreatic ailment and has been recovering at his private residence since October 14. Even two doctors were with him at the site.
The photo of the ailing Goa CM drew massive criticism criticizing the government of staging a photo op. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted: “He has a tube inserted through his nose into his digestive tract. How inhumane to force him to continue working & doing photo ops. Why can’t he be allowed to deal with his illness without all this pressure & tamasha?”
The Congress’ Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted: “Is that a tube that is inserted in his nose? Can a party be so power hungry to make a man work despite his illness? With BJP impossible is nothing….to grab power, latch on to power. Take care CM Saab, because clearly, your party won’t.”
It was Parrikar who boldly proposed the name of Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate ahead of the 2013 BJP parliamentary elections convention in Goa. Then he extended his contributions in the BJP government under PM Narendra Modi as Defence Minister of India from the 2014 to 2017 stint. He is also a former member of the Rajya Sabha from UP.
This picture will give you enough motivation for life, but raises a question too. Why so much effort? Majority jokers living don’t have respect for this.
See the status of Manohar Parrikar ji, He is still in service for the people! God bless him with all the might in world. pic.twitter.com/dSTFIRSGJG
— Hegde's Opinion (@HegdeSa) December 16, 2018
Instead of recognizing a person's immense willingness to not allow himself be bullied by circumstances opportunistic politicians are using it for a point scoring match… Manohar Parrikar is the finest man to be the CM and Raksha Mantri in India…
— Veera Vanakkam (@mea_gulpa) December 17, 2018
Manohar Parrikar should take rest. Whether BJP's forcing him to stay in office he's doing it of his own volition is insignificant. Look at these photos. He's so not well. https://t.co/5BUXPAucgm
— Rifat Jawaid (@RifatJawaid) December 17, 2018
This isn’t fair, BJP. Manohar Parrikar is among our most unassuming & uncomplaining politicians. He’s bravely fighting a deadly disease. Why expose him to such stress & infection, tubes & all. https://t.co/KGKcQ2koFl
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) December 17, 2018
This isn’t fair, BJP. Manohar Parrikar is among our most unassuming & uncomplaining politicians. He’s bravely fighting a deadly disease. Why expose him to such stress & infection, tubes & all. https://t.co/KGKcQ2koFl
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) December 17, 2018
Modi didn't hesitate to use ABV's bones for his political PR Blitzkrieg, why would he hesitate to use frail and sick Manohar Parrikar to show things are alright in Goa pic.twitter.com/egNGZecZU5
— Dhiraj (@AAPlogical) December 16, 2018
Seriously, politics aside, I hope Manohar Parrikar can take some rest. He looks really unwell and frail. 🙁 Someone pls tell him it's not worth it. Leave. Go. Take care of yourself pls.
— mayflower (@MGNTheTwin) December 15, 2018
What the @BJP4India is doing with Manohar Parrikar is just shameful. He clearly needs to recover and needs rest and not be paraded like this from time to time. Disgraceful attitude towards an obviously sick man. https://t.co/TkVjh7pZV0
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) December 15, 2018
With inputs from PTI
