MUMBAI: NCP leader and Maharashtra Public Works Department minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday withdrew the defamation case he filed against his fo
rmer mentor Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray.
After withdrawing the case at the suburban Bandra metropolitan magistrate court, Bhujbal, along with Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, left for Bal Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree'.
Bhujbal had filed the case in 1997, prompted by a news report in Sena mouthpiece Saamna.
A former Shiv Sena man, Bhujbal fell out with the Shiv Sena chief and quit the party in 1991 to join Congress. He later joined Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
"Sanjay Raut and Subhash Desai wrote me a letter requesting that I should withdraw the case considering Balasaheb's old age. So I decided to withdraw the case," Bhujbal said after coming out of the court.
Raut and Desai are senior Sena leaders. When asked whether today's development indicated his plan to return to Shiv Sena, Bhujbal said, "This seems to be your suggestion for action."
The news report in Saamna was about allegations made by one Rajendra Agarwal that Bhujbal had instigated him to desecrate the bust of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at Ramabai Nagar in suburban Ghatkopar.
The incident had led to a riot in the year 1997.
Source : Times Of India
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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