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| | Rediff On The NeT: Manohar Joshi resigns |
 | | A member of the Sena's second line leadership, Rane, a Maratha, is expected to be a stop gap chief minister, who may vacate office close to the assembly election, scheduled in March 2000. |
 | | The Sena opposed Munde's proposal to hike the cotton procurement price from the present Rs 2,100 per quintal to Rs 2,500 per quintal and this further fuelled the tension.The outgoing chief minister also reportedly did not get along with Munde, who is also Mahajan's brother-in-law. |
 | | Bhujbal, who lost out in the Sena leadership stakes to Joshi almost ten years ago and joined the Congress, described the chief minister-designate as a "crook." There are quite a few cases pending against Rane in the court, Bhujbal alleged. |
| in.rediff.com /news/1999/jan/30joshi.htm (869 words) |
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