Mumbai: Union minister Narayan Rane’s elder son and former MP Nilesh Rane on Wednesday withdrew his decision to quit active politics, a day after he announced it, after intervention from the party leadership.
Nilesh was angry following his differences with guardian minister Ravindra Chavan over a power tussle in the Sindhudurg district, said a BJP leader from Sindhudurg.
Taking to social media, the former MP on Tuesday had said that he has decided to quit from active politics. “I am quitting active politics. I am no longer enjoying politics, and it is the only reason for the decision. I have received love and affection in BJP and have had an opportunity to work in the best party. I got to learn a lot in politics. I am indebted to the people who stood by me like a family,” he said in his post on X.
The decision had been taken out of his dismay over Rane and his supporters being neglected by the party leadership while making appointments and announcing candidature in gram panchayat elections, according to the party insiders.
“The supporters of Nilesh Rane were not given a place in state and district executive bodies, announced by the party recently. Moreover, the contract for the development works in the districts were not given to the contractors that are close to Ranes. Nilesh has differences with public works department minister Ravindra Chavan, who is also the guardian minister of Sindhudurg as the former feel that the minister was favouring his political opponents such as Vaibhav Naik and Sandesh Parkar in the district,” said a BJP leader from Sindhudurg. “Apart from that, Rane was upset after the public works department under Chavan did not carry his father Narayan Rane’s picture in an advertisement given during chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ tour in August. All this led to the tussle between Rane and Chavan,” said a BJP leader from Sindhudurg.
Taking note of Nilesh’s decision, the state leadership asked asked Chavan to call a truce. After this Chavan requested Nilesh and MLA brother Nitesh for a meeting at Fadnavis’s residence. The BJP leadership does not want any fighting within the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, according to state leaders.
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