Parrikar played major role in making armed forces lean fighting machine, says Sitharaman

Condoling the death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said his contribution in making the armed forces a lean and mean fighting machine will remain unparalleled. Terming the former defence minister a sincere, honest and sensitive political activist, she said she learnt a lot from Parrikar.

"Shri Manohar Parrikar is no more. A sincere, honest and sensitive political activist. Was simple and down to earth, I learnt a lot from Shri Parrikar. As Raksha Mantri his contribution to making the armed forces a modernised, lean and mean fighting machine will remain unparalleled," she tweeted. Parrikar headed the Defence Ministry from November 2014 to March 2017.