<p> A day after tendering resignation, Bihar Social Welfare Minister Parveen Amanullah met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today but refused to take back her resignation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I told CM that I am firm on my decision and will not take back resignation," Amanullah told reporters emerging from her meeting with CM at his One Anne Marg residence.<br /><br />Asked if CM urged her to reconsider her decision, she said, "he said he was sad and asked me to rethink, but I told him that I am firm on my decision."<br /><br />Asked if CM had called her, she said in fact she had sought time from him to say goodbye. Amanullah had a half-an-hour meeting with CM after Kumar returned from Bodh Gaya in the forenoon.<br /><br />To persistent questions about reasons for her quitting, Parveen Amanullah was evasive and merely said there was need to improve the system.<br /><br />Parveen Amanullah, a prominent Muslim leader, however said, she has no "ranjis" (acrimony) against the CM or anybody else.<br /><br />There is strong speculation of her joining Aam Admi Party (AAP) but was non-committal saying, "I am looking for options...I have not taken any decision so far."<br /><br />Sources close to her said she had met AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently.<br /><br />Parveen Amanullah was a prominent RTI worker in Bihar before contesting election and becoming minister in 2010.<br /><br />Replying to questions regarding her joining AAP or some other party, she said "give me some time."</p>
<p> A day after tendering resignation, Bihar Social Welfare Minister Parveen Amanullah met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today but refused to take back her resignation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I told CM that I am firm on my decision and will not take back resignation," Amanullah told reporters emerging from her meeting with CM at his One Anne Marg residence.<br /><br />Asked if CM urged her to reconsider her decision, she said, "he said he was sad and asked me to rethink, but I told him that I am firm on my decision."<br /><br />Asked if CM had called her, she said in fact she had sought time from him to say goodbye. Amanullah had a half-an-hour meeting with CM after Kumar returned from Bodh Gaya in the forenoon.<br /><br />To persistent questions about reasons for her quitting, Parveen Amanullah was evasive and merely said there was need to improve the system.<br /><br />Parveen Amanullah, a prominent Muslim leader, however said, she has no "ranjis" (acrimony) against the CM or anybody else.<br /><br />There is strong speculation of her joining Aam Admi Party (AAP) but was non-committal saying, "I am looking for options...I have not taken any decision so far."<br /><br />Sources close to her said she had met AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently.<br /><br />Parveen Amanullah was a prominent RTI worker in Bihar before contesting election and becoming minister in 2010.<br /><br />Replying to questions regarding her joining AAP or some other party, she said "give me some time."</p>