October 31, 2010 9:14 AM

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Adarsh Society scam: Chavan offers to resign, leaves the decision to Sonia Gandhi

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has offered to resign in connection with Adarsh Housing Colony Controversy in Mumbai. Talking to reporters in New Delhi after his hour long meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, he said that he has left it to the party chief to decide the issue. Mr. Chavan said, he has placed before Mrs. Sonia Gandhi all the facts related to the housing society and welcomed the CBI inquiry into it. He maintained that the land on which the housing society had come up, belonged to the state government and suggested that there were other chief ministers who were involved in the decisions taken on the project.AICC General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters after the meeting that the party President has asked senior leaders Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony to give a report on the whole matter. He said that any further development on the issue would take place only after their report.BJP has demanded immediate resignation of Mr Chavan as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for his alleged involvement in the matter. Briefing the media in New Delhi, party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman also sought a comprehensive probe into the controversy by a sitting Supreme Court Judge.

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