Former Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Narayan Rane said here on Tuesday that he has decided to remain in the Congress Party and will continue as Maharashtra's Heavy Industries Minister.
"After discussions with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan and other leaders, I have decided to remain with the Congress," said Rane.
"I will continue as Maharashtra Heavy Industries Minister and try my best so that the party wins the assembly polls," he added.
Rane also said that although it's not necessary that Congress will win, but he will work towards the party's win in the upcoming Assembly polls.
Manikrao Thakre also confirmed Rane's decision, saying that he will continue to be with the Congress and will contribute in the party's Assembly campaign.
"We had a positive discussion with Narayan Rane. Later today, Rane will visit All India Congress Committee general secretary Mohan Prakash, who is admitted in hospital," said Thakre.
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Earlier, on July 21 Rane had resigned from Maharashtra Cabinet by submitting the letter to the state Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on grounds of being upset with the party for not giving him the top post.
Before the resignation he had stated that he would continue to be a member of the Congress Party.
On July 24, he had visited Rahul Gandhi's residence and had informed him of the reason behind his resignation from the Maharshtra Cabinet.
Rane had joined the Congress after he quit the Shiv Sena in 2005. He had served as Chief Minister for nine months while in Shiv Sena in 1999, when the NDA government was at the helm of affairs in Maharashtra.
In 2005, soon after joining the Congress, he was inducted as a minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government.
