Panaji, January 29: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday visited Manohar Parrikar in state Assembly complex in Panaji a day after he had said that Goa Chief Minister possessed “explosive Rafale secrets” tapes.
Gandhi paid a surprise visit on the first day of its three-day Budget session.
This morning I visited Goa CM, Manohar Parrikar, to wish him a speedy recovery. It was a personal visit.
Later this afternoon I will address Polling Booth Committee Members from all over Kerala, in Kochi. The meeting will be LIVE on my Facebook page.https://t.co/NraAer1ksf
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 29, 2019
Gandhi arrived at the Assembly precincts just after noon and went to the opposition lobby. He also met the Congress legislators.
Gandhi has been in Goa since Saturday on a private visit along with his mother and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Rahul had on Monday said that the Goa Chief Minister possessed “explosive Rafale secrets”, which gave him power over Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Thirty days since the Goa audio tapes on Rafale were released. No FIR or enquiry ordered. No action against the Minister (Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane) either,” Gandhi, who is currently holidaying in the coastal state, said in a series of tweets.
“It’s obvious that the tapes are authentic and that Goa CM (Chief Minister) Parrikar, is in possession of explosive Rafale secrets, that give him power over the PM (Prime Minister).” An audio clip featuring Rane and a local journalist — where the former claimed that Parrikar in a December 2018 cabinet meeting admitted to possessing a stash of files related to the Rafale deal — had created ruckus in Parliament earlier this month.
Rane later said that the tape was doctored. IANS/PTI
