Goa CM Parrikar to resign tomorrow
He is expected to head to Delhi and is tipped to become the next Defence Minister in an expansion of the Narendra Modi cabinet likely on Sunday.
Goa’s 21 legislators of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet to elect Parrikar’s replacement on Saturday.
Sources said Arlekar is a frontrunner for the chief minister’s post in Goa.
An India Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay graduate, Parrikar is expected to take over in Delhi from Arun Jaitley who was holding charges of two crucial portfolios - Finance and Defence.
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