Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will "come back soon" to the coastal state, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said Saturday. A senior state minister earlier in the day said administrative work was not being hampered as Parrikar was clearing official files from New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where he was admitted for a pancreatic ailment.

"The chief minister will come back soon. We are not able to tell you the exact date of his arrival," Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said, adding that local leaders will go to Delhi next week to meet Parrikar. "The chief minister is clearing all the files from the hospital. Whatever files are being sent, he is clearing them within two-three days. No files are pending," said state Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Sudin Dhavalikar. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function, where a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed with the Portuguese government on water supply and sanitation.