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After having made the Central Bharatiya Janata Party leadership agree to his demands, BJP leader Gopinath Munde met Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray again late on Thursday night and sought his “blessings”.

Munde has returned to Mumbai from Delhi after meeting the top BJP leaders including LK Advani and Rajnath Singh. After coming back Munde meets Thackray at his residence during which the Shiv Sena leader wished him all success.

Earlier Munde met Thackray three days back before going to Delhi. Thackray supported Munde on the issue of Munde’s resignation. Munde who was not satisfied with party functioning has resigned from all the party posts on Sunday and expressed his displeasure over the appointment of Madhu Chavan as the new president of Mumbai BJP unit. Later after meeting with senior leaders in Delhi he cancelled his resignation where he was assured that his conditions will be taken care.

Thackeray in an editorial in Sena paper Samna had expressed his support for Munde, but also advised him to “look back” before taking any step forward.

After the BJP leadership agreed to concede to Munde’s demands, Thackeray in another editorial on Thursday praised him for making the BJP top brass “buckle” and also for bringing in democracy in the party.

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Shiv Sena on Thursday hailed senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde for his daring action to rebel and made the party to agree his conditions.

In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ headlined “Dilli bhi Jhukti hai”, the BJP’s long-standing ally said leaders like Uma Bharati and Madanlal Khurana did rebel but they were shown the door.

“Uma Bharati, who rebelled, was shown the door while the rebellion of Khurana was crushed. Only Munde rebelled and came back on his own terms,” the editorial said.

“Munde had practically rebelled. He told them (BJP leadership in Delhi when summoned) bluntly that he would not go. He kept his word and did not go. But he rlater elented and went - but on his own terms - and got what he wanted,” said the editorial in the paper edited by Sena chief Bala Thackeray.

Gopinath Munde, who quit from his party posts including that of general secretary on Sunday, has cancelled his resignation after talking with Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) central leadership on Tuesday in New Delhi. Regarding this issue, Bala Thackray has supported Munde.

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Senior Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde, who had quit from his party posts including that of general secretary on Sunday, cancelled his resignation after talking with Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) central leadership on Tuesday in New Delhi.

“I am satisfied with my discussions with the party leadership,” Munde told reporters.

Munde met senior BJP leader L K Advani and discussed the issue and all his problems before withdrawing his resignation.

Munde earlier have indicated his withdrawal saying that he will not leave BJP and had never thought of joining any other party.

“I have been with the BJP for the last 30 years and I will stay in the party. I have never thought of joining any other platform. I will never think of it.” He said.

Munde had reportedly expressed his displeasure over the appointment of Madhu Chavan, a close confidant of Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari, as president of the Mumbai BJP unit. He wanted Kirit Somaya to be the Mumbai party chief.

Munde had said on Sunday that the party had not been functioning in a democratic manner, which led him to take the decision. For this issue Munde was also supported by Shiv Sena’s Cheif Bala Thackray. He also met another powerful leader Chhagan Bhujbal before leaving to Delhi.

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16 BJP corporators of Pune civic body have sent their their resignations to party president Rajnath Singh to express their loyalty for Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Gopinath Munde, who quit from all posts on Sunday over appointing Madhu Chavan.

Munde was upset over the decision of appointment of key functionaries of BJP’s Mumbai unit by the party`s central leadership.

The corporators met late Sunday night to discuss the issue of Munde’s resignation and finally decided to resign to favour of Munde.

They said their loyalties would remain with the BJP leader and they would follow the “path” shown by him in future.

The supporters will go to Mumbai from Pune on Tuesday to attend rally in support of Munde.

Sandeep Khardekar, Vice President of Pune BJP said the Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari did not enjoy the support or trust of party workers and efforts to “sideline” Munde in the state’s affairs would not be tolerated.

It was revealed that a bitter battle has been raging between Munde and the state unit president Nitin Gadkari past several months.

Supportes are angry over Munde being sidelined over Nitin Gadkari ever since the gunning down of Pramod Mahajan.

Munde is summoned to Delhi in an effort to resolve the issue and discuss his problems but he denied to come and said,” Let them come to Mumbai”.

It is a very critical time period for the party as elections are coming and if the issue is not resolved soon the party will get a big jolt. It was indicated that if Munde is being sidelined like this, he will quit the party.

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