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Maha: Minister Athavale offers leadership of RPI to Prakash Ambedkar

Kolhapur, May 17 (UNI) Founder-president of Republican Party of India (Athavale group) and Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athavale on Saturday openly offered Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Advocate Prakash Ambedkar to accept presidentship of entire RPI factions by dissolving his VBA.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, he said that there was a need of unity in all factions of RPI and for society's unity, Ambedkar should accept of leadership of united RPI by dissolving his VBA.
The RPI chief expressed his readiness to work under the leadership of Ambedkar after resigning from the Union Cabinet.
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