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Utpal also said that resignation was a formality but the BJP will "always remain in my heart.
The author Nitin Gokhale described the elevation as 'a bold move', contrary to claims at the time that the correct procedures had been followed.
Utpal Parrikar is hoping the BJP would give him a ticket for the Assembly polls.
Gen. Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff and Army Chief prior to that, had a close association with Parrikar when he was Defence Minister. In fact, it was on Parrikar's watch in the MoD that Gen. Rawat was made the Army Chief.
The bypoll for the Panaji Assembly constituency was necessitated following the death of its MLA and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in March, after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer.
Goa BJP leaders Vishwajit Rane is seen as one of the contenders for the top post in case the ruling party looks for Parrikar's replacement.
Congress spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu also accused the media of trying to play down the severity of Parrikar's ailment.
The Goa Forward Party made the remarks a day the BJP legislature party met in Panaji without CM Manohar Parrikar.
Parrikar, who is currently being treated for advanced pancreatic cancer, has been in an out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, New York and Delhi.
A Goa BJP core committee met Parrikar at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday.
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