There was lot of pressure on me in Delhi, says Parrikar

Parrikar said discussing issues in the media never led to solutions, but derailed execution. “Today morning, the media was asking me about some issues. I told them do you want this thing to happen, or do you want it to become the news. If you want it to happen, do not discuss it too much in the news. When there is a discussion, one person says one thing, while someone else says another,” he said.

At the event, speaking on Ambedkar, he also called for inculcating the values of the icon, instead of merely following him as worshippers. “We have to think on the same lines as Babasaheb,” he said. “Babasaheb’s philosophy, the qualities he imbibed, we have to study them. We cannot imbibe everything. If you imbibe everything, you will become Babasaheb yourself.”

Parrikar said he followed the principles of Maharashtra warrior Shivaji. “If you want to know my guru, then I will point to Shivaji Maharaj. I imbibe his qualities only as much as I can.”