Narayan Rane takes back resignation
6 Aug 2014 6:16 AM IST
With Congress apparently cold to his demand for a leadership change in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls, Konkan strongman Narayan Rane on Tuesday withdrew his resignation as minister, terming his decision as an ‘adjustment’ after being assured he will be given ‘due respect’.
A fortnight after he resigned from the Cabinet slamming the Congress leadership for not keeping its promise of making him the Chief Minister and claiming the party’s prospects under incumbent Prithviraj Chavan were bleak, Rane said he would work for its victory in the elections due in October.
Rane said he decided to withdraw his resignation after consultations with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in charge of Maharashtra Mohan Prakash, senior ministers and state party chief Manikrao Thakre. ‘They told me due respect would be given to me and promises would be kept,’ Rane told reporters.
A fortnight after he resigned from the Cabinet slamming the Congress leadership for not keeping its promise of making him the Chief Minister and claiming the party’s prospects under incumbent Prithviraj Chavan were bleak, Rane said he would work for its victory in the elections due in October.
Rane said he decided to withdraw his resignation after consultations with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in charge of Maharashtra Mohan Prakash, senior ministers and state party chief Manikrao Thakre. ‘They told me due respect would be given to me and promises would be kept,’ Rane told reporters.
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