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Will back central, Maharashtra government:
Pawar
Wednesday September 26, 2012 08:10:18 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
A meeting of the NCP ended here Wednesday after resolving that
party chief Sharad Pawar will decide on Maharashtra Deputy Chief
Minister Ajit Pawar and other ministers' resignations Tuesday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, uncle of
Ajit Pawar, will visit Mumbai Friday to hammer out a solution to
the crisis that has gripped the Maharashtra government.
Besides taking a final call on Ajit Pawar's resignation, senior
Pawar will consider the issue of the resignation letters 19 other
NCP ministers have tendered to state NCP chief Madhukar Pichad.
Held amid a show of strength by Ajit Pawar supporters, the party
also condoled the death of its senior leader and former speaker of
Maharashtra assembly Babasaheb Kupekar.
Later, the legislators unanimously demanded that Ajit Pawar should
continueas deputy chief minister, NCP leader Jitender Awhad told
the media.
Pichhad moved a resolution asking Ajit Pawar to withdraw his
resignation. The demand was accepted by the legislators.
"However, a final decision would be taken by Sharad Pawar in
consultation with party leaders and legislators," Awhad added.
Ajit Pawar, who attended the meeting, kept mum over the
developments.
The mood in Mumbai was in stark contrast to the view of the NCP
leadership in New Delhi which has been insisted that Ajit Pawar's
resignation should be accepted by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
"After the resignation, there will no longer be a deputy chief
minister in Maharashtra. A final decision will be taken by Sharad
Pawar," Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel said in New Delhi.
A bewildered Maharashtra Congress, caught off-guard by the
developments Tuesday, has convened a meeting of its legislators.
Earlier, the Pawar stronghold of Baramati, some 250 km from
Mumbai, observed a shutdown in support of Ajit Pawar.
There were angry protests in several towns like Yavatmal,
Aurangabad, Pune and Baramati by his supporters demanding that his
resignation should be rejected.
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