Encounters with Manohar Parrikar who chose to remain as a human being

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OneIndia Exclusive | My job is to clear all hurdles for forces: Manohar Parrikar

By Anantha Krishnan M

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Thirteen hours of non-stop meetings, facility visits, speeches in between, listening to attention-seeking officials, visitors and photo sessions hardly seemed to have frazzled India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. 

Parked a few metres from his make-shift office was a Service aircraft ready to transport him and the battery of officials to the next destination. “The take-off is at 8 pm,” reminded one of his aides.

Parrikar adjusts his reading glasses and says matter-of-factly. “You go ahead with your questions, I am listening.”

He takes a look at the watch. “It’s 7.40 (pm). Okay, go-ahead,” he says, nodding his head. It was time for a really supersonic interview before the scheduled take-off at 8 pm. Excerpts from the interview granted to OneIndia.

* IAF keen on Tejas squadron at the earliest

* My job is to clear all the hurdles

* Forces need to be motivated

* ‘I don’t need any publicity’

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Antony mourns Mangalore crash; will skip LCH event along with Pallam Raju, HAL now plans a low-key LCH official flight

Defense Minister AK Antony has expressed profound shock and grief at the loss of over 150 people  in the air crash at Mangalore airport on May 22.  In a condolence message, Antony said: “I am deeply grieved and shocked to learn of loss hundreds of precious lives in the Air India plane crash today. I express my heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved families.   I also wish a speedy recovery to those injured in the crash.”  

MoD sources confirmed that Antony and his deputy Pallam Raju won't be attending the Bangalore LCH event owing to magnitude of the Mangalore tragedy. HAL officials said that event will go on as planned but on a low-key. "We are shocked and it is very unfortunate something of this magnitude happened. The LCH event will now be a low-key affair," an executive director with HAL, said.
A moment for the dead at Mangalore.