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CM, Ambedkar grandson meet over Indu Mills
Sandeep Ashar, TNN | Dec 29, 2011, 03.02AM IST
MUMBAI: In a bid to resolve the controversy over occupation of Indu
Mills in Prabhadevi by members of the Republican Sena, CM Prithviraj
Chavan held a discussion with the outfit's leader, Anandraj Ambedkar,
on Wednesday evening.
Senior ministers in the state cabinet, including R R Patil, Shivaji
Moghe, Varsha Gaikwad and Nitin Raut, senior home department officials
were present on the occasion.
Chavan urged Anandraj, who is Dr Ambedkar's grandson, to withdraw his
supporters from the mill. He added that there were plans to lead a
delegation, which will include various Republican party factions, to
meet the PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the demand to release
the mill land on December 30. Sources said Anandraj was more or less
convinced with the assurances. Even as Republican Sena supporters have
planned a morcha on December 29, sources pointed to a possibility of
them vacating the land on the same day itself.- Sandeep Ashar
Mumbai: In a bid to resolve the controversy over occupation of
Prabhadevi-based Indu mill land by members of the Republican Sena,
chief minister Prithviraj Chavan held a discussion with the outfit's
leader Anandraj Ambedkar on Wednesday evening.
Senior ministers in the state cabinet including RR Patil, Shivaji
Moghe, Varsha Gaikwad and Nitin Raut, senior home department officials
were present on the occasion.
Republic Sena members forcibly entered the mill land on December 6 in
support of the demand for the release of the land for a Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar memorial and have been in possession since.
The state government had last week informed a bench of the Bombay High
Court, which is hearing a matter in this regard, that it would
persuade the protestors to vacate the premises on or before December
29. It has said that forcible eviction would be undertaken otherwise.
Anandraj is Dr Ambedkar's grandson
Chavan urged Ambedkar to withdraw his supporters from the mill. He
said that the government was pushing the centre for the release of the
mill land. He said that there were plans to lead a delegation, which
will include various Republican party factions, to meet Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh over the demand on December 30. Patil said that the
home department would be forced to take action against the supporters
if they did not evict voluntarily. The home department has taken the
responsibility of not allowing any other faction to encroach on the
mill land.
Reliable sources said that Anandraj was more or less convinced with
the assurances. Even as Republican Sena supporters have planned a
morcha on December 29, sources pointed to a possibility of them
vacating the land on the same day itself. Patil might visit the
protestors and make a statement on government's behalf.
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