An AICC general secretary who attended the meeting told mediapersons that Sitaram Kesri himself would not like to take up the CPP leadership issue with Rao. It is explained that though the two leaders had talked to each other after the court decisions, the question of CPP did not figure. The only official response to the charge-sheeting of Rao came from general secretary Devendra Dwivedi who asserted legally and morally Rao need not step down from the party posts. He took the stand that