Fashion to say bad things about my father, says Parrikar’s son

Panaji, April 13

Former Goa Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal today said it had been a “fashion” to say bad things about the former and “talk in the air” about ideologies.

Utpal was reacting to a statement by Goa Suraksha Manch mentor Subhash Velingkar that the former was a “gentleman”, but not “political material”. “I was not interested in commenting on this (Velingkar’s statement). It has become a fashion to say bad things to him (Parrikar) and talk in the air about ideologies,” Utpal said. “What kind of material I am, I don’t think anyone has the right to decide what material I am, only my work will decide,” he said.

Velingkar, former Goa RSS chief, used to be a strident critic of Parrikar, who died on March 17 this year.

“I am not interested in commenting on what they have been saying. I studied here and went to the USA. I came back and started my own business. I have seen my father working for 30 years. With the kind of experience I got through my father, I hope I can do something concrete on the ground,” Utpal said. — PTI