Congress MLC Sanjay Dutt today resigned from the Maharashtra Legislative Council, making way for Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's election as legislator, within the stipulated six month period after taking oath. Chavan accompanied Dutt when the latter met Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai this morning and submitted his resignation as an MLC. Chavan, a Rajya Sabha Member, was sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra in November last year. As per norms, he must become a member of either House in state legislature by May. Dutt, an active functionary in Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, met party president Sonia Gandhi, along with Chavan, in Delhi yesterday and offered to quit his Council seat for Chavan. A Vidhan Bhavan official said that election for the Council seat, vacated by Dutt, would take place by April-end.