Patch-up between Rane and Cong on cards?

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 4:01 am

Prospects of a patch-up between suspended Congress leader Narayan Rane and the party brightened today (January 5) with the former Maharashtra Chief Minister likely to meet AICC President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi in the next few days.

“I have plans to meet Sonia Gandhi and the meeting could take place in the next 2-3 days,” Rane said in Mumbai, adding he planned to go to Kolhapur tomorrow for a function after which he would be visiting Delhi.

Rane’s remarks came close on the heels of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan holding a closed-door meeting with him in Mumbai in a bid to patch-up with the estranged leader earlier in the day.

The statement by Rane, who had launched a scathing attack on Congress leadership after losing to Chavan the race for chief ministership, came a day before he was to announce his course of action in Mumbai amid indications last week that the rebel leader was in no mood to compromise and could quit the party.

After the nearly hour-long meeting with Chavan, Rane called of a scheduled press conference tomorrow. “The scheduled press conference tomorrow by Rane to announce his future plans has been postponed,” a statement issued from his office said.

Rane, who joined Congress from Shiv Sena a few years ago, was suspended from the party for making anti-party remarks in the wake of his losing the race for Chief Ministership.

The 57-year old leader from the Konkan region had even taken pot shots at Sonia Gandhi after Chavan’s election and had targeted the new Chief Minister as also his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh.

(Agencies)

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Patch-up between Rane and Cong on cards?

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