Velingkar, who did not dither with the action, formed GSM, which has now joined hands with Shiv Sena to fight BJP in the polls.
Among other newsmakers was Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who grabbed headlines be it with his speeches or the surgical strikes.
The army’s surgical strikes fetched much praise for Parrikar back home and he was even felicitated in his home town of Mapusa by BJP.
The achievement of the armed forces figured in Parrikar’s pre-election speeches during BJP’s Vijay Sankalp rallies till Opposition parties took strong objection to it.
