Ashok Chavan: News
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian National Congress (INC) politician and a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. As of 2021, he is the PWD Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra. He is the son of senior Congress politician Shankarrao Chavan, who himself was a two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra and served as a Union Minister during the Prime Ministerships of Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao. Chavan did BSc from Hazarimal Jomani College and an MBA from BYK College of Commerce in Maharashtra. He was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) from 1995 to 1999 and later served as its President from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as MP of Lok Sabha for the first time in 1987 from the Nanded constituency. He was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during 1992-98 and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014 for three terms. After the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, CM Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned, and Ashok Chavan took over the post. He was re-elected CM in the 2009 Assembly elections but had to step down in 2010 for his alleged role in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.
23 Nov 2024
Ajit Pawar'Batenge toh katenge...': Yogi's reiterates mantra after UP bypoll sweep
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) have won the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, winning seven out of nine Assembly seats.
15 Nov 2024
Ajit PawarMaharashtra polls: Fadnavis, Ajit clash over 'batenge toh katenge' slogan
A political rift has developed between Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his Mahayuti colleague Devendra Fadnavis over the "batenge toh katenge" slogan.
14 May 2024
Arvind KejriwalAAP launches new 'washing machine' campaign to attack BJP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday launched a new campaign—"washing machine ka kaala jaadu," to "expose the Bharatiya Janata Party's anti-corruption poll plank."
09 Mar 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)MP: Senior Congress leaders Suresh Pachouri, Sanjay Shukla join BJP
Senior Congress leaders Suresh Pachouri and Sanjay Shukla joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), among others, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
27 Feb 2024
MaharashtraFormer Maharashtra Congress MLA Basavaraj Patil likely to join BJP
Former Maharashtra minister and state working president of the Congress, Basavaraj Patil Murumkar, has resigned from the party, reports said.
27 Feb 2024
Congress PartyRS elections: Battle for 15 seats today amid cross-voting concerns
Polling for 15 Rajya Sabha seats is taking place in three states—Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh—on Tuesday, amid concerns over cross-voting by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs.
17 Feb 2024
Kamal NathMP: Speculation rife on Kamal Nath, son joining BJP
Months after being removed as the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee chief, speculations are rife that senior Congress leader Kamal Nath is going to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
17 Feb 2024
Narendra ModiSpoke to PM Modi about BJP 'poaching' Congress leaders: Kharge
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for allegedly "poaching" opposition leaders through intimidation.
14 Feb 2024
Congress PartyBJP nominates Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan for Rajya Sabha seat
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen a former state Chief Minister Ashok Chavan as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Maharashtra.
13 Feb 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan joins BJP day after quitting Congress
Ashok Chavan, a former chief minister of Maharashtra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.
12 Feb 2024
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Ex-CM Ashok Chavan resigns from Congress, might join BJP
Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Monday resigned from the party's primary membership.
03 Oct 2023
Maharashtra31 people die in Maharashtra government hospital in 2 days
In a span of just two days, 31 people have died at Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded.
23 Mar 2019
Lok Sabha#Elections2019: Congress, NCP finalize Lok Sabha seat-sharing pact in Maharashtra
The Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and a few other smaller political parties have sealed their seat-sharing arrangement in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
08 Nov 2018
Narendra ModiAshok Chavan calls demonetization biggest mistake of Modi government
Speaking on the second anniversary of demonetization, senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan today described it as the "biggest mistake of Modi government" and claimed that it resulted in the slowdown of the economy.
22 Oct 2018
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)Congress worker stabbed to death in Mumbai, party blames BJP
A Congress worker was allegedly stabbed to death, reportedly over a post on social media, in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai in the wee hours on Monday.
26 May 2018
Uddhav ThackerayUddhav releases controversial audio-clip of Fadnavis; BJP calls technology misuse
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, while addressing a rally last night in Palghar, released an audio clip, purportedly of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis asking BJP workers to use all possible means to win the by-election.
23 Feb 2018
MaharashtraCongress, NCP to contest upcoming polls together against BJP
In a bid to defeat the BJP-led NDA government in Maharashtra, estranged allies - the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday announced that they will jointly contest the upcoming polls in the state.
22 Dec 2017
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Adarsh scam: Former CM Ashok Chavan will not be prosecuted!
In a huge relief for ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan, Bombay HC rejected Governor's 2016 sanction to prosecute him in the Adarsh housing society scam.
03 Jan 2017
Delhi PoliceWhat's making news in Delhi?
The office of LG announced through Twitter that he would indulge in "more productive engagement" with the media and public.
