Adarsh Chavan Elections 2014

• Congress Downplays Prithviraj Chavan's Reported Remarks About Predecessors

  Amid unease over reported remarks of Prithviraj Chavan about his predecessors and the Adarsh Society scam, the Congress today downplayed the issue, saying that the former Maharashtra Chief Minister has already given an explanation.

• Key Contestant: Ashok Chavan

  Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan had resign from the Maharashtra chief minister's post in 2010 after his name cropped up in Adarsh Housing Society scam.

• Narendra Modi slams Congress as 'shameless' for saying no law stops tainted Ashok Chavan from contesting polls

  Narendra Modi today attacked the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for giving a ticket to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who has been indicted in the Adarsh Housing scam in Mumbai.

• No law bars Ashok Chavan from contesting: Sonia Gandhi defends tainted candidate

  Congress president Sonia Gandhi today defended her party's decision to field former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Lok Sabha polls despite corruption charges against him.

• BJP targets Rahul Gandhi after Congress fields tainted Ashok Chavan

  The BJP has challenged Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to explain how his party has nominated former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan to contest general elections from Nanded in Maharashtra.

• Congress gives ticket to Ashok Chavan; Madhusudan Mistry to take on Narendra Modi

  Brushing aside controversies surrounding him over Adarsh housing scam, Congress today decided to field ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for Lok Sabha polls and fielded Madhusudan Mistry, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, to take on Narendra Modi in Vadodara.