Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday resigned from the Congress and in addition give up as a member of the Legislative Meeting.
Chavan left the Congress two days after former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique give up the social gathering to hitch the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Occasion. In January, Congress chief Milind Deora had defected to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
आज सोमवार, दि. १२ फेब्रुवारी २०२४ रोजी मी ८५-भोकर विधानसभा मतदारसंघाच्या सदस्यत्वाचा राजीनामा विधानसभा अध्यक्ष राहुलजी नार्वेकर यांच्याकडे दिला आहे.
At present i.e. on Monday, February 12, 2024, I’ve tendered my resignation as Member of Legislative Meeting (MLA) from 85-Bhokar…— Ashok Chavan (@AshokChavanINC) February 12, 2024
Chavan, who belongs to the dominant Maratha neighborhood, has beforehand served as a Lok Sabha MP from Nanded. He’s the son of Shankarrao Chavan, a former chief minister of Maharashtra and a former Union dwelling minister.
In 2010, Chavan resigned because the chief minister after allegations surfaced in opposition to him within the Adarsh housing rip-off. The Central Bureau of Investigation had accused Chavan of getting accredited extra flooring area in Mumbai’s Adarsh Housing Society – meant for conflict widows and retired defence personnel – in order that his family members may get flats.
In January 2018, the Supreme Court docket stayed the trial in opposition to Chavan within the case after the Bombay Excessive Court docket quashed the state governor’s sanction to prosecute him.
Chavan was additionally the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 2015 to 2019.
Commenting on Chavan’s resignation, Bharatiya Janata Occasion chief and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned that “ a number of good leaders from the Congress are in contact with the BJP”, reported India At present. “These leaders who’re linked with the lots are feeling suffocated in Congress,” Fadnavis was quoted as saying.
