Parrikar won t comment on Shah s party meeting at Goa airport

Panaji July 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday refused to comment on the controversy surrounding a BJP meeting held by party President Amit Shah on Saturday at Goa s Dabolim International Airport which is operated from an Indian naval base.

Asked to comment on the controversy which has resulted in a complaint filed with the Union Ministry for Civil Aviation against Shah and the Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Parrikar said: You have been told by the party. I do not want to comment on that.

Goa airport Director B.C. Negi has already said that a probe would be ordered to find out how a party meeting was held at the airport for which permission no had been taken.

While the BJP has claimed that the meeting was a result of a spontaneous convergence of party workers at the airport on Saturday the Congress has charged the BJP and Shah with acting in a high-handed manner and putting a sensitive installation to security risks.

--IANS
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