Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday refused to comment on Sonia Gandhi's nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.

Sonia's decision put an end to Chavan's last-ditch bid to hold on to office by proclaiming his innocence and by highlighting the involvement of rivals like his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh.

While analysts are trying to ascertain why Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan rushed to New Delhi on Saturday with an offer to resign, top. Welcome User! Sign In / Register.

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Chavan, then a junior minister in the Prime Minister's Office, was handpicked by Sonia to head the coalition government in Maharashtra in November 2010 when the incumbent chief minister Ashok ...

Chavan, 51, who flew to Delhi with his wife Anita, finally met Sonia for about an hour. The Congress president's political secretary, Ahmed Patel, was also present during the meeting.

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Chavan’s fate will be decided on the basis of their report,’’ a senior Congress minister told TOI on Friday. Sources said that whenever Sonia deputes observers to take stock of a political ...

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Oct. 24: Sonia Gandhi retained Ashok Chavan and Bhupinder Singh Hooda as chief ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana late tonight after daylong pressure for their removal from their home-state critics.