Maha Cong tussle: Patil meets Thorat, says all issues will be resolved amicably

The Congress Maharashtra in charge HK Patil on Sunday said there was no question of accepting the resignation of Balasaheb Thorat as legislature party leader and asserted all misunderstandings will be resolved amicablyThorat had last week resigned as CLP leader after criticising Maharashtra unit chief Nana Patoles style of functioningTalking to reporters after meeting Thorat Patil said the former will attend the All India Congress Committee plenary at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on February 24 and will meet party president Mallikarjun Kharge and AICC general secretary organisation KC VenugopalPatil said he had conveyed to Kharge and Venugopal about the hurt feelings of Thorat and the recent developments in the state unit of the partyAlso readMaha Cong chief accuses Buldhana police of unleashing brutal batoncharge on farmers demands suspension of SPI apprised them about the developments and hurt feelings The Congress is a family and such issues crop up We will resolve them among ourselves Patil saidHe also said such infighting will not hurt the party as things are good and will improveThere is no question of accepting Thorat s resignation as CLP leader I requested him to attend the plenary session which he has accepted Patil said adding the Maharashtra Legislative Council poll setback for the party involving Satyajit Tambe was not discussedThe Congress was left high and dry after its official candidate for the Nashik division graduates seat Sudhir Tambe refused to contest and got his son Satyajit Tambe to stand successfully as an independentAfter his win Satyajit Tambe had accused Patole of defaming his family and conspiring to deny him an opportunity to contest the MLC pollsThe Tambes are kin of Thorat whose silence during the campaign to the MLC polls as he was recuperating from a shoulder injury was misinterpreted as silent support by some segments of the partyOn the friction since the MLC polls Patil said There has been no dialogue between Thorat and Patole But it will happenThorat who is recuperating from a shoulder injury refused to divulge details of his meeting with Patil saying it was an internal matter of the CongressThere is no need for the media to blow things out of proportion I will go to Raipur for the plenary All issues raised by me in the meeting with Patil were about strengthening the party Thorat saidQueried on whether he would continue as CLP leader Thorat said it was an internal matter of the CongressThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever