Congress on Saturday suspended Maharashtra leader Narayan Rane, a day after his outburst against the party President Sonia Gandhi and a number of others when he lost the chief ministerial race. "It has been observed that after the announcement of the new leader of the CLP in Maharashtra, Narayan Rane is making public statements deliberately with a view to lowering the prestige of the Indian National Congress," said AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.