New Delhi: The crisis within Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Maharashtra unit continues with senior party leader Gopinath Munde reported to be in touch with Congress leaders, sources have told CNN-IBN. Sources say that although Munde has met Congress leader Mohan Prakash, the Congress hasn't showed any keenness yet.
Earlier on Sunday, a sulking Munde met party president Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi. He also met LK Advani. But talks remained inconclusive late on Sunday night with both Munde and Gadkari sticking to their stand over appointment of their men in key posts in Maharashtra and hold over party politics in the state.
Munde, who is the BJP's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha and the party's most prominent OBC face in Maharashtra, wants a greater say in the party's affairs.
But Gadkari, who also hails from Maharashtra, is not favour of Munde have a more prominent role in state politics. Gadkari is reprted to be planning to remove Munde's close associate Pandurang Phundkar and appoint Vinod Thawade in his place as Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad.
Munde is against such a move and he is also unhappy over the appointmentof Vikas
Mathkari in place of his candidate Yogesh Gogawale to the post of BJP Pune city chief.
Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu also held separate meetings with Gadkari and Munde to ascertain their views.
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