Why is Manohar Parrikar flying to US for indigestion, Congress asks Governor

The Goa Congress on Friday took exception to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar going to the US for indigestion treatment and sought Governor Mridula Sinhas intervention to prevent the collapse of governance in the stateState Congress chief Girish Chodankar said the state was facing a constitutional crisis due to the repeated absence of Parrikar and two other cabinet ministers who are also suffering from severe ailmentsChodankar who met the Governor said since the medical expenses of the three were being met at the expense of the state exchequer the people of Goa should be made aware of the exact nature of ailmentsIt cannot be believed that the state is being burdened with hefty bills for mere treatment of indigestion Also this does not bode well for the medical care facility and the medical fraternity available in GoaDoes the government desire to claim that its reputed Goa Medical College is unfit to treat a case of indigestion Chodankar said in his petition to SinhaOn Thursday Parrikar returned to Goa from the US his third visit in six months where he is being treated for advanced pancreatic cancer in a New York medical facilityThe Chief Ministers Office however maintained that Parrikar was suffering from a pancreatic ailment and went to the US for the third time because he had been experiencing indigestionChodankar said the state administration has collapsed due to the series of illnesses which have crippled the cabinet He has decried the fact that Parrikar has not even bothered to delegate responsibility in his absenceWhile the Chief Minister has been away he has not even found it necessary to hand over acting charge of the Ministries held by him to any of his cabinet colleaguesIt is not only unprecedented but surely most high handed autocratic and undemocratic which has only led to the complete collapse of the states administration Chodankar said alleging that Parrikar did not trust his own cabinetWhile the Chief Minister is reportedly ill two of his cabinet colleagues Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar and Urban Development Minister Francis DSouza are also ailingDSouza is reportedly in the US and Madkaikar is in a Mumbai hospital The state administration cannot afford to keep cabinet colleagues on ventilators and continue to pay for their medical expensesSurely the cabinet status is not a launch pad to get free medical aid at the cost of the state Chodankar addedUrging Sinha to be proactive the Congress leader said Since you are constitutionally the repository of power in the state it requires that you take affirmative action as the GovernorAs being done by your counterparts in several nonBJP ruled states Else silence would not only mean that you are tacitly giving your approval to this sordid state of affairs but also failing to uphold the Constitution and its valuesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever