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<ul><li>Parrikar was known for being a efficient administrator, a straight politician who led a simple life, as well as a Hindu hardliner who promoted the cause of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his entire career</li><li>He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, but he returned to work and even presented the budget for the state of Goa on January 30, 2019.</li><li>He was the chief minister of Goa for three terms and the country's defence minister from 2014 to 2017.</li><li>He was the first alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology to become a state legislator.</li></ul>India's Former Defence Minister and current chief minister of Goa, <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="manohar-parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword>, passed away at the age of 63 years after suffering from a pancreatic cancer since February 2018. He was treated in different hospitals in Mumbai, Goa, Delhi and even in the US. He returned to work briefly in December last year and even presented Goa's state budget on January 30. 
 
 
 
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 He has been the chief minister of Goa for three terms- from 2000 to 2005, from 2012 to 2014, and most recently, since March 2017. Parrikar served as the defence minister of India between 2014 and 2017 during which he opened investigations into alleged corruption in past defence deals including the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) decision to buy AgustaWestland choppers. He was also at the centre of a controversy over the current government's decision to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault. However, the federal auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, gave a clean chit to the deal in February 2019. Born in Mapusa, Goa, Parrikar went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) in 1978. He was the first IIT alumnus to serve as a member of legislative assembly. Parrikar cut his teeth at the Hindu right-wing organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, early in his life and was one of the key organisers of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in the early 1990s. The RSS is the ideological parent of the <keyword id="58687" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword> (BJP) that has been in power since 2014 and will be seeking re-election in the upcoming summer. In his lifetime, Parrikar earned the reputation for leading a restrained, simple life, being an astute politician, fast decision maker and an efficient administrator. He also was attacked for his political ideology, which was shaped by the early grooming at RSS that promotes a majoritarian view that glorifies Hindu traditions, and denounces any additional sops for social or religious minorities irrespective of their status.

Manohar Parrikar, Goa's chief minister and India's former defence minister, succumbs to pancreatic cancer at the age of 63

While speculations are rife about the <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword> cabinet going in for a possible reshuffle soon after the presidential poll, PM Modi has reportedly asked his ministers to prepare a presentation in the form of a report card highlighting their achievements. The ministers have been given a month’s time to prepare the presentations, which involves comparison of their achievements department during the three years of <keyword id="41281" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="NDA">NDA</keyword> rule with the last three years of <keyword id="6355364" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="UPA">UPA</keyword>. The timing of this performance appraisal has led to observers linking it to a possible ministerial reshuffle. Now that the Modi-led government has spent three years in power, their focus for the remaining two years before the 2019 <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> polls would be on highlighting their success stories. With <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manohar-Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword> returning to Goa as the CM leaving defence ministry in the hands of finance minister <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> and the sudden death of environment minister <keyword id="339802" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anil-Madhav-Dave">Anil Madhav Dave</keyword> leading to Harsh Vardhan been made the incumbent minister, there’re also some vacancies in the cabinet.

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<ul><li>Polling for 2 seats in the Indian state of <keyword id="826" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goa">Goa</keyword> - North Goa and South Goa - gets underway today. </li><li>The <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> is pinning its hopes on resentment against the state’s ruling party, the <keyword id="58687" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword>, for the latter’s inability to resolve a <keyword id="6355267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mining">mining</keyword> crisis. </li><li>In March 2018, iron ore mining operations in Goa were abruptly suspended after the Supreme Court decided not to renew 88 mining leases after a technical review of the government’s lease renewal process.</li></ul>Goa has become popular as India’s beach and party destination. Hence, as a state that is so dependent on tourism as a source of revenue, it is likely reeling from restrictions imposed by the Election Commission in the build-up to polling. These include a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol after 10 PM and music in open-air premises. However, that’s not the biggest issue that will be on voters’ minds. As polling for 2 seats in the Indian state of Goa - North Goa and South Goa - gets underway today, the Congress is pinning its hopes on resentment against the state’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, for the latter’s inability to resolve a mining crisis despite being in power at both the centre and the state. The BJP famously secured control of the Goa in 2017, despite not having a majority, by allying with local parties against the Congress. In March 2018, iron ore mining operations in Goa <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/mining-crisis-tests-under-fire-goa-government/articleshow/63381003.cms">were abruptly suspended </a>after the Supreme Court decided not to renew 88 mining leases after a technical review of the government’s lease renewal process. The Supreme Court felt that the leases had been renewed in haste and without taking into consideration a number of issues such as environmental impact. It’s order effectively shut down mining activity in the state. The ban has had a cascading effect on the economy. Mining reportedly contributes <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/mining-crisis-tests-under-fire-goa-government/articleshow/63381003.cms">20% of the state’s revenues</a> directly, in addition to indirectly supplementing the transportation and logistics sectors. It has also exacerbated the state’s unemployment problem. At the end of 2015-16, the unemployment rate in Goa <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/parrikar-revives-jobless-dole-proposes-rs-3000/month-aid/articleshow/63050523.cms">was touching 10%,</a> a figure that has likely gone up significantly since the ban. Around <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/in-goa-the-mining-ban-weighs-heavily-on-elections/article26888384.ece">300,000 people</a> in the state are said to be dependent on mining as a source of their livelihoods, according to Girish Chodankar, the Congress candidate for the North Goa <keyword id="6355187" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> seat, - roughly <a href="http://www.goastat.com/">a fifth </a>of the state’s population. In the aftermath of the closure, the BJP had promised to enable the commencement of mining operations but has so far been unable to extend these leases, having reportedly tried multiple options such as amending <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/a-year-after-sc-ban-no-solution-in-sight-for-goa-mining-impasse-3549611.html">the Abolitions &amp; Declaration of Mining Leases Act.</a> Its efforts have likely been hindered by the sickness and eventual death of the state’s chief minister, <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="manohar-parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword>, in March 2019. Over the course of his campaign, Parrikar’s successor, Pramod Sawant, has promised a solution for the mining crisis <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/mining-solution-in-six-months-cm-pramod-sawant/articleshow/68948554.cms">within six months </a>of elections. Even BJP leaders <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-promises-to-resolve-goa-iron-ore-mining-crisis-119041001292_1.html">Narendra Modi </a>and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/articles/elections-2019-bjp-committed-to-resolving-goa-mining-crisis-says-suresh-prabhu/20755175">Suresh Prabhu</a>, the commerce and industry minister, have promised an end to the crisis. At an alection rally in the state capital, Panaji, Modi declared "I will leave no stone unturned vis-a-vis resolving this issue. We will definitely work whole-heartedly to remove the obstacles in the way of mining resumption”. Modi’s statement was in response to a three-day protest by the state’s mining workers, represented by the Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), in New Delhi. The case was originally scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court again on April 15th but was subsequently delayed indefinitely. In a move that could also tilt the vote in favour of the Congress, the opposition party also has the <a href="https://scroll.in/latest/919926/goa-maharashtrawadi-gomantak-party-says-it-will-withdraw-support-to-bjp-led-coalition-government">support of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)</a>, the BJP’s former ally, in the Lok Sabha elections. “This election, the anger of the mining community will decide the fate of the politicians,” Puti Gaonkar, the President of the GMPF, told <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/in-goa-the-mining-ban-weighs-heavily-on-elections/article26888384.ece">the Hindu </a>yesterday. He further added that the BJP was in favour of prolonging the ban in order to auction the leases to big corporations like Jindal Steel and Adani. In February 2019, Gaonkar also told <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/congress-would-have-resolved-goa-mining-crisis-feels-gmpf-3504391.html">the Press Trust of India</a> that the Congress would have resolved the mining crisis had it been in power. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-big-fat-wedding-in-goa-gets-a-rap-from-indias-election-commission/articleshow/68825024.cms">A big fat wedding in Goa gets a rap from India's election commission</a>

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