Why Manohar Parrikar stopped riding a scooter to work
Panaji,
Mar
18:
When
one
speaks
about
the
late
Manohar
Parrikar,
tales
about
his
simplicity
are
often
referred
to.
He
has
been
called
as
the
'original
aam
admit,' by
many.
Among
the
several
tales
about
his
simplicity,
the
one
which
is
spoken
most
about
is
him
riding
a
scooter
to
work.
However it was in early 2014 that he stopped riding a scooter to work. Parrikar himself told a gathering of BJP workers in Canacona on January 13 2014 that he longer rode his scooter.
Manohar Parrikar, like Narendra Modi, once gave credence to BJP's administrative image
I no longer ride the scooter fearing an accident. "People ask me whether I travel on a scooter. I tell them that I don't anymore. My mind is filled with work-related thoughts and if I ride my scooter while my mind is somewhere else, then I could meet with an accident," Parrikar had said.
Driving home a point of safety at the gathering, Parrikar said that he now avoids riding or travelling pillion on a scooter.
In the past, media reports have often cited that Parrikar was still riding a scooter in Panaji as he went about purchasing things from the local markets.