Union Minister Smriti Irani and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited Amethi’s Barolia village on Saturday to meet the family members of BJP worker Surendra Singh, who was killed recently.
Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had adopted Barolia in 2015 as a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh.
Parrikar adopted village
“We are saddened at the death of Singh. He was a devoted party worker and the party stands with his family,” Mr. Sawant said after meeting the family.
“Manohar Parrikar had adopted this village. If the U.P. government wants, we will work on education, health, roads, water and other problems here in his (Parrikar’s) memory,” Mr. Sawant said.
Former village head Surendra Singh was killed on May 25.
Mr. Sawant added that he had worked as a party worker in Amethi in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and had come in contact with party worker Surendra Singh, who was shot dead soon after the 2019 general elections.
This is Ms. Irani’s first planned visit to her constituency after defeating Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
