Condemning the “gross misuse of police force and suppression”, BJP state president Pravin Darekar said that the Union minister will continue with Jan Aashirwad Yatra from Friday. Rane returned to Mumbai last night after being granted bail. Narayan Rane Fails to Appear Before Raigad Police Lawyer Says He is Unwell Security too has been beefed up outside his residence as Shiv Sena and allies have planned more protests. Rane will move an application later on Wednesday in Bombay High Court for quashing of FIRs against him. TR Baalu had also sustained minor injuries. Maran, then Union Industry Minister, had sustained injuries in a scuffle with police during the arrest and was admitted to a hospital. The two other ministers were late Murasoli Maran and TR Baalu, who were picked up by Chennai Police in June 2001 along with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in connection with a Rs 12 crore ‘flyover scam’. With his arrest, Rane has become the first sitting Union Cabinet minister to be arrested in the last 20 years by state police and the third sitting union minister to be arrested by state police ever. As the meeting ended without any solution, Ramesh, according to a functionary, told Naidu: “You can hold an all-party meeting at your grand daughter’s wedding reception on Monday where all party leaders would be present.” Everyone laughed.Union Minister Narayan Rane’s “slap” threat to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his subsequent arrest have found him a place in the infamous ‘Hall of Fame’ of sitting cabinet ministers being held by the state police. Hours later, Kharge, Jairam and parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi met at Naidu’s chamber but the minister again insisted on “some sort of an apology” from the 12 MPs, according to two parliamentary functionaries. On Friday morning, Naidu called a senior Congress leader and asked him to try to find a solution to the impasse. As the Opposition leaders appealed to Naidu to take inspiration from his predecessors, the chairman reminded them that there had been “no indication yet of any regret from the suspended MPs”. Hours later, instead of Pawar, a group of four senior leaders led by Kharge met Naidu. Naidu told Pawar that he was most welcome but that he could not assure him of reaching a resolution, said a senior Rajya Sabha official who asked not to be named. According to a second Opposition leader, Pawar called Naidu the following morning. During the discussion, Yechury chipped in and added that Naidu should also be reminded how his predecessor Hamid Ansari used to call all party leaders to resolve logjams. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, and Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal were also present at the meeting.Īt the meeting it was decided that both Pawar and Kharge should meet Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu and urge him to call an all-party meeting. Seven days later, on December 14, Congress president Sonia Gandhi called a meeting with Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, DMK leader TR Balu, Yechury, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. But we found it unacceptable,” said Yechury. The result? The plan was junked “Jairam came with a piece of paper. But while all leaders maintained that they did not have a problem with the word “unfortunate” the term “regrettable incidents” left many uncomfortable. It was planned that if approved, a senior leader would make a speech on behalf of all parties. The draft was discussed with CPI’s Binoy Viswam and DMK’s Thiruchi Siva. The two leaders discussed a draft that included the term “unfortunate and regrettable incidents”.
Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh met CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on December 7 at the latter’s headquarters.
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Congress president Sonia Gandhi was appraised of the situation and she concluded that boycott would give the BJP a free hand,” said a senior Congress leader who asked not to be named. Even Trinamool Congress emissaries told us that they won’t support boycott.
“The initial plan of boycott found no support from DMK and CPI(M). One initial response considered by the opposition parties was a boycott. While the impasse continued, and senior Opposition leaders such as Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, DMK’s Thiruchi Siva and RJD’s Manoj Jha made repeated appeals for the revocation of the suspension in the House, back-room negotiations began in the Opposition ranks and with the government.
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