Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets Manohar Parrikar hours after attacking Goa CM over Rafale deal
Making a surprise visit to the Goa Assembly, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in his official chamber. Commenting on the meeting, leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said, "He met the Chief Minister, talked to him for five minutes enquiring about his health.”
"It was a private visit. That issue was not discussed. Rahul Gandhi could make an official trip to Goa next month," Kavlekar said on being asked if the Congress chief raised the issue of the Rafale audio tape.
Gandhi also went to the opposition lobby and met Congress MLAs.
The visit comes a day after the Congress chief took to Twitter and said the former defence minister "possessed explosive documents on the Rafale deal, which gave him a hold over Prime Minister Narendra Modi".
He also said the audio tape in which Health Minister Vishwajit Rane was heard saying that Parrikar possesses Rafale files was "genuine", which was why the Parrikar-led administration was not probing the contents of the audio.
Gandhi is in Goa since Saturday with his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
(With IANS inputs)
