Parrikar to quit as Defence Min to take over as next Goa CM
BJP's Manohar Parrikar will resign as the Union Defence Minister after the party's Parliamentary Board approved his name for the CM of Goa. Earlier, Parrikar and nine non-BJP MLAs had met Governor Mridula Sinha to stake claim to form the government in the state. BJP had won 13 seats in Goa and needed eight MLAs' support to form a government. 