Bombay HC directs Goa Chief Secy to file affidavit on Parrikar's health

The Bombay High Court in Panaji on Thursday directed Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma to file an affidavit on the status of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health by December 7.

On December 4, the court had directed Sharma to file the affidavit on December 5, however, the Chief Secretary sought an adjournment in the matter. The case will come up for hearing again on December 11.

"The Bombay High Court in Panaji directed Goa Chief Secretary to file an affidavit on the status of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health by December 7, after the state government once again sought an adjournment in the matter," lawyer for the petitioner Rohit Bras D'Sa told ANI.

On October 28, Goa's Health Minister Vishwajit Rane revealed that Parrikar was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The Goa Chief Minister was discharged from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on October 14 after undergoing treatment.

Earlier, the Congress claimed that Goa is facing leadership crisis due to Parrikar's ill health. For long, the party has also been demanding that they should be allowed to form the government in the state.

Considering the health of Parrikar, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik had earlier said that the leadership in Goa will have to be changed today or tomorrow. "Change (of leadership in Goa) will have to be done today or tomorrow. It is a requirement. You know the Chief Minister's health is not good. But he (Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar) is still working in this condition," Naik said on November 9.