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No place for defectors, says Adik
Former deputy chief minister and Congress party loyalist Ramrao Adik on Sunday sought to give a clear warning to the detractors of Congress party president Sonia Gandhi that their political fate would fade into oblivion if they made a bid to challenge her leadership.
Addressing media persons here, Adik, claimed that all the intra-party differences in the State had subsided. He said only the party8217;s loyal supporters should be given tickets for the ensuing assembly elections, adding that there was no place in the Congress for those who had defected.
Making a scathing attack on the functioning of the BJP-Shiv Sena government in the State, he alleged that the law and order situation in Mumbai had deteriorated and there was no growth of industries. He claimed that the Congress will be able to get a clear majority in the ensuing elections. The independents have realised this and are eager to switch over to the Congress but the party leadership should reject them, Adik said.
The Congress will be holding a convention in March in Mumbai to discuss the problems faced by the tenants and the slum dwellers. The convention will be inaugurated by Sonia Gandhi, Adik said.
Pu La on the Net
The State8217;s favourite personality 8211; the octogenarian humorist par excellence Pu La Deshpande 8211; will now be available at the click of a mouse. Just log onto punenet.org/pulabahurupi80/ to capture the essence of the veteran writer8217;s life and works in bytes.
Pune Net- an organisation working on the Internet 8211; has launched a website devoted to Deshpande who is fondly called Pu La8217; on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Efforts have been undertaken by a team including journalist Meera Joshi, Satish Jakatdar, Prasad Mirasdar, Devvrat Bapat, Shailesh Khot, Parag Sane, Subodh Sonawane and others to prepare the website, a statement issued here stated.
