Manohar Parriker : One of those rare clean ministers

Manohar Parriker (Defense Minister, Govt of India) is widely considered among those rare of the rarest list of indian politicians, who have been at reputed positions and still came out clean for so many years. But the question is, if Manohar Parriker really as clean as he seems?

Manohar Parriker assumed ministry of defense on 26 November 2014. Prior to this, he was elected two times as Chief Minister for Goa. In 2014 after Modi led BJP won an historical parliamentary elections, he was called upon to become defense minister for the newly elected government. Parriker was reluctant to leave Goa and move to Delhi in November 2014, by his own admission but was persuaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the central government.

There have been number of events exemplifying his honesty, efficiency and simplicity in day-to-day life as chief minister. Here is one such example from a recent event which has been around the social network for a while now.

CEO of a company, which provides one of their products to defence field, told about a latest incident about Mr. Parriker which made whole country proud that Modi hand-picked him for this role.

The product we are talking here about are the shoes. Indian army use a special kind of shoes in some of their particular use. We used to purchase this shoes from Israel at a price of ₹ 25000 per shoe. This was in general routine till Mr. Parriker came into picture.

After he became the Defense minister, his people did some enquiries and they found that these shoes are exported to Israel from India only. The shoes were actually manufactured in Jaipur India. After this he directed the defense people to approach the company for direct procurement. The company directly refused the deal citing corruption, delay in payment and further difficulties.

Listening this, he directly approached the company and given his personal contact number and said, “even if your payment get delayed for a single day, contact me directly”.

The deal got finalized at ₹ 2200 per shoes. From ₹ 25000 to ₹2200 per shoes. This is the determination of Mr. Parriker, now you guys decide whether he is a good minister or not.

Modi rightly said Manohar Parrikar is one of the jewels in his cabinet. One of the efficient and sharp ministers that every Indian should be proud of.