Ashok Chavan | Chequered Congressman
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Ashok Chavan | Chequered Congressman

The Hindu  

In Maharashtra’s long season of vertiginous political twists which began in 2019, senior Congressman Ashok Chavan’s switch to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was perhaps the least surprising. Mr. Chavan’s putative defection had been in the air ever since rebel Shiv Sena leader and current Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s revolt triggered the fall of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government in mid-2022. Mr. Chavan’s steady rise in State politics mirrored that of another Maratha leader from the Marathwada region — Vilasrao Deshmukh, who would soon be Chief Minister and Mr. Chavan’s bitter political rival within the Maharashtra Congress. The 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai turned to be a silver lining in Mr. Chavan’s political career: Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned and the Congress high command nominated Mr. Chavan for the top post. Mr. Chavan was subsequently made Maharashtra Congress president in 2015 with a view to stem the BJP’s tide in the State.

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