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Maharashtra 'resignation' crisis subsides
Thursday September 27, 2012 09:53:21 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai/New Delhi: The two-day-old political crisis in Maharashtra subsided
Thursday with NCP chief Sharad Pawar indicating that the
resignation of Ajit Pawar, state deputy chief minister and his
nephew, is likely to be accepted.
Sharad Pawar is expected to reach Mumbai Thursday night and
scheduled to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on the issue
which has brought the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
alliance virtually to the brink.
Sharad Pawar told reporters in New Delhi that the issue of Ajit
Pawar's resignation "has ended" and he would attempt to convince
the party legislators not to insist in the matter (on him
withdrawing the resignation).
Ajit Pawar abruptly quit the state cabinet Tuesday evening amid
allegations by RTI and anti-corruption activists that he had
arbitrarily doled out irrigation contracts worth over Rs.20,000
crore when he was the water resources minister from 1999-2009.
All 19 NCP ministers in the state cabinet also followed suit and
offered their resignations to state NCP chief Madhukarrao Pichhad,
sparking off a political crisis.
In a show of strength by Ajit Pawar's supporters Wednesday, the
party's legislators had unanimously urged him to withdraw his
resignation and authorised Sharad Pawar - who strongly welcomed
his nephew's decision - to take a final call on the matter.
However, a day later, before the NCP chief's visit to Mumbai, the
party took a strong stand against the wave of protests, agitations
and resignations to express solidarity with Ajit Pawar.
Pichhad expressed his displeasure over the protests in Kolhapur,
where all the top leaders had converged for the funeral of party's
top leader and former speaker Babasaheb Kupekar, who died
Wednesday in Mumbai.
"Protests bordering on hooliganism are not the nature of the NCP.
The party president (Sharad Pawar) specifically told me this
morning to ensure this... to see the message goes down the ranks
not to indulge in such protests," Pichhad said.
In a related development, the Congress also held a series of
meetings with top party leaders and legislators. The meeting was
conducted by Prithviraj Chavan and state Congress chief Manikrao
Thakre.
The Congress legislators expressed full solidarity with Chavan who
is yet to accept Ajit Pawar's resignation.
"We are in consultation with the NCP on this issue and we are
confident that both parties will together resolve it soon," Thakre
said after the meeting.
Pawar's formal decision is likely to be announced Friday evening
after his meetings with NCP leaders, ministers and legislators to
discuss in depth the issue of resignations.
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