 "Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar looking at exhibits during the inauguration of METand HTS 2016 exibition in Vashi, New Mumbai. Photo: PTI")
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold additional charge of the defence ministry, the government announced on Monday, after Manohar Parrikar (pictured) abruptly moved back to Goa to cobble together a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government there.
Parrikar will be sworn in as Goa’s chief minister (CM) on Tuesday. This will be his third tenure as Goa CM.
Jaitley has earlier held additional charge of the defence ministry for almost six months, from May 26, 2014, when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was sworn in, to November 10, 2014, when Parrikar moved in from Goa.
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