Congress legislators arrive at party headquarters to chose new CLP leader.Byline: ANI Mumbai, Oct. 24 (ANI): Elected Congress legislators have arrived at Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Ratna Gandhi राजीव गाधीं (IPA: [raːdʒiːv gaːnd̪ʰiː] Bhavan, the party headquarters in the city, to chose the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP 1. CLP - Cornell List Processor. 2. CLP - Constraint Logic Programming. ) in Maharashtra. The race for CLP leader and eventually for the post of chief minister has heated up with Narayan Rane Narayan Rane (मराठी:नारायण राणे)(born April 10, 1952) is a former Chief Minister Maharashtra. He was a member of Shiv Sena until July 2005 when he joined Indian National Congress party. joining it. There are unconfirmed reports that former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (विलासराव दादोजि देशमुख) (born May 26 1945) is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 - October 2009). is also in running, though he had denied it yesterday after a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Though incumbent Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is the frontrunner, as the High Command wishes to project continuity, according to the sources, Rane can demand top post as he has claimed the support of a majority of the elected MLAs. Rane could demand voting process to elect the new CM. Rane has opposed Ashok Chavan's appointment as the chief minister. ane had opposed Ashok Chavan's candidature in 2008. Rane left Shiv Sena to join Congress three years ago. Some congress activists had staged roadblock for Ashok Chavan just before the CLP meeting. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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