Congress unhappy over Rane's public remarks against cabinet decisi
New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI) A day after Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane announced his resignation from the Vilasrao Deshmukh government, the Congress today expressed its displeasure over the action of Mr Rane in going public against the decision of the state cabinet on the Videocon land issue as also his public utterances against the Chief Minister.
AICC Spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told mediapersons that a decision on the resignation of Mr Rane would be taken only after the return of Congress President Sonia Gandhi from Beijing, but said his action was not within the Party discipline.
The statement of the official spokesman against Mr Rane, who yesterday announced his resignation after his meeting with AICC General Secretary in charge of Mahrashtra Margaret Alva, is a clear indication that the Party has not taken lightly the open revolt of Mr Rane, who joined the party from Shiv Sena in 2005, against Mr Deshmukh in the faction-ridden state unit of the Congress.
"All differences between Partymen should be raised within the party forum and not in the press and in public," Mr Ahmed said, while adding that "it applies not only to those who have been in the Party for long, but also to those who joined the party from other parties at different stages." He said if there were any differences between two leaders, they should be brought to the notice of the General Secretary in charge of the state or the Party President and all shlould obey whatever decision the Party would take.
Asked about the public objections raised by Mr Rane against the state cabinet decision to allot 100 hectares of land at Navi Mumbai to Videocon for setting up an LCD manufacturing unit, Mr Ahmed said "each and every minister may have his views which may be different from the majority opinion. Having a different view is not a crime.
But
the
dissent
should
not
be
discussed
outside."
While
submitting
his
resignation
to
Ms
Alva
yesterday,
Mr
Rane
said
he
was
not
happy
with
the
style
of
functioning
of
Chief
Minister
Deshmmukh.
"If
Mr
Deshmukh
continues
as
Chief
Minister,
the
prospects
of
the
Congress
in
the
Lok
Sabha
elections
are
not
going
to
be
bright."
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