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defence sector watches parrikar
The Defence Ministry is today in such a state that it cannot afford a
non-performing minister like AK Antony. In fact, the Defence Minister was more
in the news on account of his honesty and simplicity than for his competence in
the delivery mechanism. All eyes are now on the new Defence Minister, Manohar
Parrikar. The new minister comes dressed in a plain shirt, trousers and chappals.
When he moves out of his office, nobody comes to know. Parrikar does not use a
car to move from South Block to North Block; he generally walks down to meet
his predecessor, Arun Jaitley. He starts giving appointments from 6 am onwards
and reaches the office at 8.30 am. To function smoothly, he has brought in his
old trusted bureaucrat, P Krishnamurthy, as his Private Secretary.
Krishnamurthy has been attached to Parrikar since his first stint as Chief
Minister of Goa. The grapevine has it that Parrikar was not interested in
joining the Defence Ministry though he had been earlier asked twice by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. But he could not refuse when Modi asked yet again. He
realised that the Prime Minister needed him in Delhi to galvanise and manage the
infamous defence sector. Now the players in the sector are closely watching
Parrikar to see whether he will be able to deliver or will be ejected like
Antony who did more harm than good by just bearing the honesty tag.
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