Unfortunate if Thorat has resigned as Congress LPC: Ashok Chavan

It would be unfortunate if Balasaheb Thorat has resigned from his post of Maharashtra Congress legislature party chief said his party colleague and former chief minister Ashok Chavan on TuesdayChavan was speaking to reporters in Jalna where he had gone to attend a wedding in the family of Congress MLA Kailas GorantyalAfter coming here Jalna I learnt about reports on the resignation of Balasaheb Thorat He is a senior and a leader of great patience But commenting more on this without knowing the issue will not be appropriate said ChavanI had a word with him this morning and wished him on his birthday But at that time I knew nothing about this issue he addedThorat on Tuesday resigned as the state legislature party head a day after his letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over friction with state unit chief Nana Patole came out party sources said earlierThe Congress leader who represents the Sangamner constituency in Ahmednagar district has sent his resignation to the party high command said the sourcesThorat is the maternal uncle of Satyajit Tambe who recently won the Legislative Council election from the Nashik division graduates constituency as an independent candidateAlso Read IN PHOTOS NDRF reaches earthquakehit Turkey as India pledges quick aidAn aide of Thorat had earlier said that he had written to the Congress central leadership citing his inability to work with Patole due to the latters anger towards him Thorat also said he was not being consulted before decisions were being taken the aide addedHowever Patole said he had no idea about Thorats move to resign from the post of Congress legislature party chiefSpeaking to reporters in Mumbai Patole said I have not received any resignation letter from Thorat He has not been speaking to us for the past few days Maybe he is talking to the mediaAnother senior Congress leader and former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde also said he had no knowledge of Thorats resignation from the postThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever