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Karan Thapar: What about the appointment of the new governor of Maharashtra? Do you expect to be consulted on that?

Praful Patel: Again I say, what is the coalition dharma? The coalition dharma is to take your allies along with you.

Karan Thapar: You weren’t consulted when Krishna was appointed.

Praful Patel: But anyway, at least we were told.

Karan Thapar: ’Told’ is different from being consulted

Praful Patel: Mr Krishna happened to be a good senior leader and we really don’t feel there was any leader to be upset about it.

Karan Thapar: But this time around you expect to be consulted on the governorship?

Praful Patel: Of course! As I said, as a coalition dharma, to be consulted, to be taken on board is very important and I think that is being done and this should be done a little bit more so that these kind of misunderstandings that are created in the media unfortunately should not arise.

Karan Thapar: In which case, suppose you are not consulted on either issue, what would you do?

Praful Patel: Listen, we have not done anything in the last almost four years of government in Delhi, or for the last nine years in Maharashtra, where any jeopardy is there to the alliance.

Karan Thapar: So you are saying you will grit your teeth and bear it even if…

Praful Patel: No, it’s not a question of grit our teeth and bear it. I would only say that the Congress party is the principal party in the UPA, they should try to take everybody along. To some extent, they have been doing it and if they do it more, it would be only to the benefit of the entire alliance.