The petition comes amidst reports that the SIT is on the verge of calling Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal for questioning.
Bhujbal had claimed that Rane's allegations were baseless and aimed to malign his image. Being aggrieved, he initiated criminal proceedings against Rane in in Mazgaon sessions court.
Wagal is in charge of the Intelligence Department in the Mumbai police.
Central leaders and those from Maharashtra attended the meeting at Pawar's residence in Delhi.
Bhujbal's son Pankaj will contest from Mazgaon in central Mumbai.
Comments like "hell is waiting" and "you hate Brahmins" are part of the post that allegedly criticises the veteran leader.
Deputy Chief Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader, Chhagan Bhujbal, has retaining the home ministry.
The Nationalist Congress Party Saturday said the coalition dharma has to be understood by both partners
The NCP is in talks with its ally Congress for a possible alliance with the Shiv Sena, after the Sena's alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party fell apart over the chief minister's post.
Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Wednesday said the Supreme Court order on the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) quota was a setback to the state government and it should do everything it can to save the community's reservation.
The Shiv Sena chief's comments come in the background of reports that the BJP is keen to allow the NCP to enter the NDA.
'It was Bhujbal who took the initiative to set up the Special Investigation Team,' said the Nationalist Congress Party chief.
The blast occurred at the Mohamadia mosque when the Friday 'namaz' was being offered.
NCP leaders Ajit Pawar, Chhagan Bhujbal, Congress leaders and former chief ministers Ashok Chavan, Prithviraj and former speakers Dilip Walse Patil (NCP) and Haribhau Bagade of the Bharatiya Janata Party were among the members to take oath early.
Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Home Secretary U K Upadhyaya, Chief Secretary Ajit Nimbalkar, Director General of Police O P Bali and Commissioner R S Sharma are expected to attend the meeting.
"He was raised here at Matoshree, played with other children. I never expected that he would go so far. I don't know who misguided him, but they did so to fulfil their own gains," Thackeray said.
Police seized dangerous chemicals and arms from the training centres following the arrest of six SIMI activists in the Mulund bomb blast case.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal on reports that he has made up his mind to quit the Nationalist Congress Party.
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray wanted to transfer of a defamation case filed against him.
"A systematic attempt has been made to ruin my political and personal life," Bhujbal told reporters at a hurriedly convened press conference in Mumbai.
The three-day car race, to be run over 260 kms around the backwoods of Pune, will begin on Friday.\n\n
Police opened fire in Taroda area of Nanded town after miscreants set some shops afire.
Rane had alleged in a section of the media on November 10 that police had gone soft on prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi because of Bhujbal's intervention.
The Maharashtra governor and Chief Minister have praised the SIT's investigation into the multi-crore racket.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said: "We think it is a new group of Lashkar-e-Tayiba. Within a few days, the culprits will be tracked down.
But the party chief warned that those who had deserted him in the past were not able to get elected to the state assembly again.
"They both were produced in the court and were granted bail on a surety of Rs 50,000 each," special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said.
Abdul Rehman on Friday met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani in this regard.
The Congress and the NCP, the main partners of the ruling Democratic Front in Maharashtra, appeared divided over the issue.
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