Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, speaking in Canacona on Saturday, said that he has given up riding a two-wheeler fearing meeting with an accident. Parrikar said that he, sometimes, has to respond to queries about whether he still rides a scooter, but, said, that he keeps away from riding a two-wheeler.
“My mind is filled with work-related thoughts and if I ride the scooter, I could meet with an accident,” he said
.”I know of one person who drinks and rides a scooter” He made the statement while speaking about the rising number of road
accidents in Goa, raising concern over incidents of drunken driving.
” He finds it difficult to even park his two-wheeler,” the chief minister said.
Parrikar added that when he enquired as to why the number of widows availing benefits of the Dayanand Social Security Scheme was rising, he said that in many cases the women lost their husbands to alcoholism.
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