-----Original Message----- From: Aires Rodrigues
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is negotiating Defence deals in Paris, the Defence Minister of India Manohar Parrikar is preoccupied and content with ‘fishy’ deals in Goa. It exposes the sorry state of affairs and raises questions on the actual role of Manohar Parrikar in the functioning of the Union Government. Even during US President Barack Obama’s visit to India earlier this year Manohar Parrikar was visibly sidelined at every function. COMMENT: Not sure what the beef (pun) is here. Why pick on MP. Ms Swaraj, foreign minister, was left home too? So she could "garland PM Modi on his return" [1] PM Modi has post an op-ed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung too. Tomorrow he arrives in the neighbourhood. Known to be a hard-working man. He can do it all himself. Ministers are required to ensure the votes at home. - B [1] Approximate quote from The Economist, Espresso edition - Friday, Apr 10/15.
