Narayan Rane quits Maharashtra govt
Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane submits his resignation to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan
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Mumbai: Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane, who unsuccessfully tried to engineer a leadership change in the state government before the assembly elections in October-November, submitted his resignation on Monday.
It is not clear if chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has accepted his resignation. Rane will address a press conference in the afternoon. He has so far maintained that he is leaving only the government, not the party.
In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party’s tally in Maharashtra came down from 17 in 2009 to two. Blaming the party’s poor performance on Chavan’s leadership, Rane and other leaders had demanded his removal.
However, Mohan Prakash, Congress general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra on 11 July said the state elections will be fought under Chavan’s leadership.
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