'Remarks on father insensitive': Manohar Parrikar's son to Sharad Pawar
Panaji, Apr 15: Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal on Monday said that NCP chief Sharad Pawar's remarks about his father were "unfortunate and insensitive" and urged him to desist from such comments.
In a statement issued, Utpal said the Parrikar family was saddened to read Pawar's remarks.
"This is yet another unfortunate and insensitive attempt to invoke my father's name to push blatant falsehood for political gains," he said.
Addressing reporters in Kolhapur on April 13, Pawar had said, "The Rafale deal was not acceptable to Parrikar. He therefore quit as Defence minister and returned to Goa."
Party
president
Amit
Shah
on
Sunday
alleged
that
Pawar
was
spreading
falsehood
as
his
party's
fortunes
were
falling.
"Being
a
former
Defence
Minister
yourself,
one
expected
better
from
you
Pawar
Sahab!
Your
party's
falling
fortunes
and
family
fights
over
seats
is
making
you
nervous
and
spread
falsehoods,"
Shah
tweeted.
Parrikar, who took over as defence minister in November 2014, was sworn in as Goa chief minister on March 14, 2017. He died on March 17 this year after a long battle with a pancreatic cancer.