Gadkari, Munde, Naik summoned to New Delhi

Mumbai, Apr 21 (UNI) With battle lines drawn between Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, the party high command has summoned both the leaders along with former union minister Ram Naik to sort out the matter.

While, Mr Gadkari and Mr Naik have left for New Delhi, Mr Munde refused to respond to the party's summon and preferred to send Pandurang Phundkar and Eknath Khadse on his behalf, party sources said.

However, Mr Phundkar and Mr Khadse are expected to leave for New Delhi this evening after attending the proceedings of the state Assembly.

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