Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu on Monday dodged questions related to an ongoing political impasse triggered by Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's ailment, claiming that he was responsible for the "health of citizens and not the health of politics".

Asked to comment on the fluid political scenario in Goa, where Parrikar has been incapacitated due to his prolonged treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer, Prabhu said: "What is the impasse? There is no impasse. The government is stable."