Amid talks of joining BJP, ex-Cong leader Narayan Rane floats his own party
Mumbai: Former senior congress leader Narayan Rane, on Sunday, said that he will float a new party, which will be called Maharashtra Swabhimaan Paksh.
Given chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ strong opposition to ex-Congress leader Narayan Rane being inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), rumours had it that the latter was likely to form his own party, Swabhiman, on October 1.
Senior BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari and Chandrakant Patil — number two in state Cabinet —had been lobbying for Rane’s induction. Earlier, there were talks of Rane joining the BJP.
“Mr Rane has a track record of attacking people in coveted positions in a few days. He has done this wherever he went. We have seen this in the Congress. Mr Fadnavis opposed his induction to avoid that embarrassment,” said close confidant of the chief minister.
Rane along with state BJP chief Raosaheb Danve, Chandrakant Patil and Fadnavis met BJP national president Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday.
It is being said that Shah went along with Fadnavis’ plan (not to allow Rane into the party) in the meeting.
Given the cordial relation between Patil and Shah, it was expected that Shah would go for Rane’s induction. But, Fadnavis proved his position in party by surpassing two strong leaders in state.
(With agency inputs)
