Congress president Sonia Gandhi had earlier asked Chavan to submit his resignation to the Governor. The decision to accept the resignation came minutes after an inquiry report on Adarsh society scam was submitted to the Congress President by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony. Mr Ashok Chavan had last week offered to quit following his alleged role in the scam. It was reported that three of his relatives, including his mother-in-law owned flats in the society which was meant for war widows and veterans.
Meanwhile Ashok Chavan said, his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister does not prove his guilt in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Talking to reporters in Mumbai, he claimed that he was 100 per cent sure that he will come clean on the issue. Chavan said, he resigned because of the Congress party’s moral stand on such issues. He said, he resigned on his own and his resignation has been accepted pending enquiry. The outgoing chief minister said, the government is not involved in the scam.
earlier report
Congress ready to replace Maha CM
TIA correspondent
With this resignation speculation over the new chief minister is doing round here and in Mumbai. Congress observers are likely to visit Mumbai today to take a decision on the next Chief Minister. The observers will meet the MLAs and the decision regarding the next Chief Minister is likely to be taken by this evening. However sources in congress said that the name of the new chief minister has already been cleared party high command.
Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Union Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan are in the race for the post.
Ashok Chavan had offered to quit following his alleged role in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. It was stated that three of his relatives, including his mother-in-law owned flats in the society which was meant for war widows and veterans.
