The Maharashtra Congress, which has been trying to persuade Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM)
leader Prakash Ambedkar to join the anti-BJP coalition, says it was disappointed with his approach as he was not showing any flexibility and keenness for a tie-up. The Congress said Ambedkar was adamant that the party should give an action plan in writing on bringing the RSS in
the constitutional framework.

The Congress and NCP have earlier said they were ready to give four seats to Ambedkar. However, the latter has announced candidates for 12 Lok Sabha seats. Interestingly, the Dalit leader, grandson of Dr B R Ambedkar, has not announced his own candidature from Akola, a Lok Sabha seat he had earlier represented. The Congress Friday expressed surprise that he was yet
to announce the candidate from Akola. "We agree there has to be a common minimum programme.
But Ambedkar's insistence that the Congress gives an action plan in writing on how to curb parallel administration run by the RSS in the government is laughable," a Congress source
said on Friday.