Cong clips CM146;s wings with panel

The Maharashtra crisis may have blown over, but the surface calm could be misleading. So the Congress has formed a nine-member coordination committee to ensure that its flock and state government are intact.

The panel will have veteran leader S.B. Chavan, state unit chief Govindrao Adik, Shivraj Patil, Murli Deora, Sunil Dutt and Vilasrao as members. And while murmurs of discontent against Deshmukh can still be heard here, Congress spokesperson S. Jaipal Reddy said there would be no change of leadership in the state, either at government or organisational level.

Reddy said: 8216;8216;As the political crisis in the state is over, a committee for the MPCC, with S.B. Chavan as convenor, has been constituted to ensure better coordination within the party,8217;8217; he said.