Where there’s Guru, there’s Grace! Goa CM Sawant remembers Manohar Parrikar on Guru Poornima

Panaji, July 16: Worshipping the ultimate of all the worships, Goa CM Pramod Sawant today paid tributes to his predecessor late Manohar Parrikar in the state Assembly on the occasion of Guru Poornima, saying he was his political guru.

 

"I would like to pay tributes to late Manohar Parrikar on this day. He has been my political guru and because of him I am on this position”, he said while addressing the house.

 

 

“Whatever I am today is all due to Manohar Parrikar. It was he who brought me to politics. I became the Speaker and the CM today, due to him”, he added further saying that there were many other people also who helped him in his life and remembered them today.

 

Guru poornima, being celebrated annually on the full moon day in the Hindu calendar month of Ashadha, people on this day express gratitude and appreciation towards their gurus.

 

Parrikar, a four-time chief minister, died at his private residence on March 17 evening after battling a pancreatic ailment since February last year. The IIT graduate represented Panaji Assembly seat in the state for over two decades.