NCP says stop flip-flops,Cong rift out in open

Rahuls stand over the controversy has also brought out the discord within the Congress.

The NCP Friday warned its ally Congress in Maharashtra that constant flip-flops in decision-making by the state government would send a wrong message to masses.

It was referring to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhis remarks that he did not agree with the state governments decision to reject the Adarsh Commission report and subsequently Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavans comments that he would consult his Cabinet colleagues before deciding the next course of action.

We feel that constant flip-flops on governments decisions send a wrong message among masses. Our humble request to our ally Congress is to identify leaders,both in Delhi and Maharashtra,responsible for confusion in decision-making and keep them aside, state NCP spokesperson and legislator Nawab Mallik said.

On Thursday,NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had said it was the Chief Ministers decision to reject the Adarsh Commission report. Distancing itself from the Cabinet decision,he said the NCP was willing to support Chavan if he were to reconsider the decision to reject the report.

Rahuls stand over the controversy has also brought out the discord within the Congress.

Mumbai Congress president Janaradan Chandurkar said,I personally feel that the gravity of the allegations made in the commissions report was not taken into consideration by the Cabinet. These allegations should have been studied in depth before rejecting the report.

Earlier,Union Minister for Information and Technology and Congress MP from South Mumbai Milind Deora had said,If the Adarsh report raises questions,we should investigate,answer them and not hush them up.

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A senior state Congress leader said the entire episode had been handled inappropriately and might impact the partys prospects in the general election.

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