New Delhi, June 12: Facing opposition from Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on the conditional access system, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to meet him in a bid to bring him around ahead of its July 15 implementation in the four metros. The minister is leaving for Mumbai tomorrow and is likely to meet Thackeray there, sources here said.

The fate of CAS came under a cloud with the BJP itself expressing apprehensions about its outcome following which the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister asked the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to take all possible measures to ensure that it is consumer-friendly.

However, it faced another hurdle when Thackeray last week opposed its implementation saying government would have to "pay a heavy price" for its decision to force the people to buy set top boxes priced at Rs 6000.

He also alleged that "a London based business magnate has struck a deal with the government and they want to dump their set top boxes in India".

Bureau Report