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Onkar Singh in New Delhi
The Union Minister for Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Shanta Kumar, has tendered a written apology to the Bharatiya Janata Party president Jana Krishnamurthy for criticising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the national media and seeking his resignation.
"If I had been in his place I would have tendered my resignation from the chief ministership," Shanta Kumar had told rediff.com in an interview last week.
Talking to rediff.com Jana Krishnamurthy said that he had received the letter of apology on April 16 from Kumar.
He said that no further disciplinary action is being contemplated against Kumar.
" I have accepted his apology and the matter is now closed," he added.
Asked if Shanta Kumar would continue to be a minister, Krishnamurthy said that it was up to Prime Minister (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee to decide.
He defended BJP's move to seek ties with other parties in states on the lines of its alliance at the Centre.
"We want this experiment to be extended to the states as well," he said.
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