NEW DELHI: n the occasion of World Cancer Day, ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the “human mind can overcome any disease”. Parrrikar is currently being at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a pancreatic condition.

On the occasion of Occasion of World Cancer day, GOA CM took to Twitter and wrote a very inspiring message. He wrote,"Human mind can overcome any disease. #WorldCancerDay," The tweet has garnered over 1,900 re-tweets and 7,400-plus 'likes'.

Manohar Parrikar, 63, was admitted to AIIMS last Thursday. Sources at the hospital had said on Saturday that his was condition stable. Veteran BJP leader LK Advani, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Army chief General Bipin Rawat had met the ailing chief minister in Goa to enquire about his health.

CM has been severely unwell for months and has admitted that he is fighting with a fatal cancer. Parikar who now looks frail, has been making public appearances with a tube in his nose. Last week, he presented the state budget the Goa assembly. Mr Parrikar was at the inauguration of a bridge in Goa last week where he drew loud cheers after he delivered the punchline - "how's the josh?" - from the Vicky kaushal starrer "Uri: The Surgical Strike".

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