Given below are Parrikar's quote, said differently by two news sources. Did Parrikar say "....... Can't I give him five minutes" or did he say "..... And now when he could not wait for five mintues" ? Eugene ------ OHeraldo
He (Parrikar) then set out with his colleagues to the Goa Medical College in Bambolim where Matanhy’s body was moved to be kept in the morgue. When other party men requested him to go back home and rest, an emotional Parrikar reportedly said, “ He is a man who stood by me for the last ten years. Can’t I give him five minutes.” [MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKAR -- IANS) "He waited for years because he believed in me. And now when he could not wait for five minutes," a choked Parrikar said. The chief minister was referring to Saldanha's steadfast decision to support the BJP, even when in the Opposition, and himself even as he was accused of supporting a communal party. Parrikar also rued the fact that he could not see his cabinet colleague alive in his last moments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------