Bhujbal withdraws defamation case against Thackeray

Chhagan Bhujbal withdrew the defamation case a/g Bal Thackeray.

MUMBAI: NCP leader and Maharashtra Public Works Department minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Friday withdrew the defamation case he filed against his former mentor Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray.

After withdrawing the case at the suburban Bandra metropolitan magistrate court, Bhujbal, along with Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, left for Bal Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree'.

Bhujbal had filed the case in 1997, prompted by a news report in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

A former Shiv Sena man, Bhujbal fell out with the Shiv Sena chief and quit the party in 1991 to join Congress. He later joined Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
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