Won’t leave state politics again: Parrikar

Panaji: Announcing that he would not leave state politics for a central role again, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday also expressed confidence at winning the Panaji legislative assembly by-poll.
“There is no question of me quitting state politics again. I have been sent to run the state government. And the government is running smoothly,” Parrikar told reporters here.
Parrikar said he would look at increasing the margin of victory in the upcoming by-poll, which has been necessitated by his return to state politics from his position as Defence Minister in March this year.
Asked about his thoughts on the upcoming by-poll, Parrikar who is currently a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh, said that he planned to up the margin of victory significantly. (IANS)