Sanjay Nirupam says Chavan had been complaining about state leadership; former Mumbai Congress chief asks how Congress has gone from looking good in the state to this situation in months
Chavan, son of former CM Shankarrao Chavan, said that his choice to depart from the grand old party was independent and did not specify reasons behind his exit
Former chief minister Ashok Chavan's exit has left the Congress party without any prominent face in the Marathwada region. Will he be offered a BJP nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections or be asked to contest the Lok Sabha elections from his hometown Nanded?
“Ashok Chavan was one of the tallest leaders of the Congress. He would have never left the party but for the pressure brought on him by the BJP through ED and I-T raids,” said state Congress chief spokesperson Atul Londhe.
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