UDAIPUR: After an hour long discussion with agitating lawyers, minister for urban development and housing Srichand Kriplani succeeded to convince former speaker Shantilal Chaplot to end his hunger strike in the wee hours of Friday.Kriplani who arrived in Udaipur past midnight, in a chartered plane, spoke with delegates of Mewar-Vagad high court Sangarsh Samiti at the circuit house and assured them of a positive response on the government's behalf over the HC bench issue. He gave a written letter to the samiti members inviting them for a meeting with experts from the department of law at Jaipur on Saturday. "Chief minister Vasundhara Raje had insisted for Chaplot's presence in the meeting and hence trusting the minister's words, the samiti members gave their consent and the hunger strike was withdrawn," said Satyendra Sankhla , vice president of Udaipur Bar Association . However, a faction of lawyers who were unaware of the late night development were annoyed about the culmination of hunger strike and tore posters of Chaplot and even blackened his face in pictures put up at the dharna sthal. "People have their right to express their views in a democratic setup and everyone needs not necessarily agree with any decision. We have not stepped back, however a chance has to be given to the government to listen to their views. We are hopeful that the cabinet would agree to the proposal of HC bench in Udaipur and it would be forwarded to the centre," senior lawyer Arun Vyas said.Bar officials said that if talks don't bring any positive result, samiti would continue its protest and hunger strike would resume.

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