Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will meet the alliance partners of his government on October 12 at the AIIMS in Delhi where he is currently undergoing treatment, an official said on Wednesday.
Parrikar, 62, is admitted at the AIIMS in Delhi since September 15 for a pancreatic ailment.
"The alliance partners have been called for a meeting by the CM in Delhi on October 12 at AIIMS where he is admitted," a senior official in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) here said.
During the meeting, Parrikar would discuss "matters related to the state's governance," he said.
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) leader Sudin Dhavalikar, Goa Forward Party (GFP) leader Vijai Sardesai and Independent MLAs Govind Gawade, Rohan Khaunte and Prasad Gaonkar, who are supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance in Goa, have been invited for the meeting, the official said.
"I have been invited for the meeting with the chief minister in Delhi on October 12. I don't know who else is invited," Gawade said, adding that he has not been informed about the meeting's agenda.
This would be the first formal meeting chaired by Parrikar since his admission to the AIIMS last month.
Highly placed sources said Parrikar is likely to distribute additional portfolios to his Cabinet ministers during this week. "A discussion is likely in the meeting about portfolios to be distributed to the allies," a source said. BJP president Amit Shah had last month said Parrikar would continue as the chief minister and that there would be reshuffle of his Cabinet soon.
Later, two ailing ministers Francis D'Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar were dropped from the Cabinet.