The newly sworn in Defence Minister of India Manohar Parrikar is accused of having filed a false Affidavit on 10th of November with his nomination papers for the elections to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. It is an irony that the First law officer of Goa Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni was also along with former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at Lucknow when the false Affidavit was filed.
In his affidavit Manohar Parrikar has falsely stated on oath that he is a resident of House No 157, Opposite Pharmacy College at Panaji though he has never ever resided at that address. House No 157 which is virtually a shanty is owned by a Naik family and as per the records of the Corporation of City of Panaji is in the name of Satyabama Naik. Manohar Parrikar for the last two and a half years has been residing at his plush penthouse apartment at Dona Paula which he had acquired after becoming Chief Minister in March 2012. Questionable is the ulterior motives of Manohar Parrikar in blatantly violating the law by filing a false and misleading affidavit. Manohar Parrikar has also fudged facts and figures while declaring his assets and liabilities in the said affidavit and has concealed his known assets which he may have partly possibly transferred in the name of his kith and kin. The affidavit shows a personal loan of Rs 1.5 crore given to Manohar Parrikar by a Panaji based builder KKN Sukerkar. It needs to be probed whether it was in return for the favours shown by the former Chief Minister to the builder in his construction projects. A comparative examination of the affidavit filed by Manohar Parrikar on 13th February 2012 at the Assembly elections and the one filed on 10th of this month at Lucknow leaves a lot of glaring questionable discrepancies which Manohar Parrikar would have to explain. Filing of a false affidavit is a serious offence which cannot be condoned. It is very dismaying that the former Chief Minister of Goa who is now India’s Defence Minister has set a very bad and disturbing precedent by himself breaching the law. An election petition will be filed at Lucknow seeking the disqualification of Manohar Parrikar from the Rajya Sabha for having filed a false and misleading affidavit. The people of India will now come to know the real Manohar Parrikar and his true colours whom the BJP has tried to wrongly project as Mr. Clean and a person of impeccable integrity who has not made money in Politics. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires