``I will apprise the central INTUC of the developments here during my visit to New Delhi on March 3 and with its approval intend to call for a meeting of the general council in the State within 15 days if necessary to establish majority support enjoyed by me,'' Adik told PTI. He would also discuss the matter with Congress president Sonia Gandhi when he meets her in his capacity as a Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) executive member, Adik said.Earlier, addressing a press conference, Adik said he had written to all 106 members of the INTUC general council today cautioning them not to attend the March 14 meeting.

The meeting, he said, was convened by `some vested interests' to move a motion of no-confidence in him.

Itwould be an `illegal session', he said, further, making them liable to disciplinary action by the central INTUC. ``I will not allow a handful of persons to split the INTUC,'' he asserted.

Adik who is also the president of the Rashtriya Mill mazdoor Sangh (RMMS) and Maharashtra Sugar Workers Federation, declined to identify his detractors as necessarily `supporters of Sharad Pawar'. ``Pawar is a senior Congress leader who has support of party members,'' he said.

Adik pressed home the fact that he was elected the INTUC president at the Pune State-level session in March 1997 in the presence of central INTUC Chief Sanjeeva Reddy and senior Congress leaders like Pawar, Narendra Tidke and Sushil Kumar Shinde.

He reiterated that the February 22 extraordinary meet was convened by just six members including Sachin Ahir was far below the quorum of 25 signatories stipulated by the INTUC constitution. Also, the meeting was called without an intimation to him, the INTUC chief pointed out.

Earlier last month, Adikhad removed state INTUC executive president Vijay Kamble and two general secretaries Ashok Paradkar and Bhagwan Bhingardive from their posts after getting wind of their move to oust him. They had in turn convened a meeting of like-minded members on February 22 and declared their intention to elect a younger leader in place of Adik.