Ashok Chavan Joins Bjp

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan said Monday he was not the "senior leader... who left the Congress... weeping" that Rahul Gandhi referred to at a 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' event in Mumbai.

Delivering another jolt to the Congress after the exit of leaders like former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and senior leader Milind Deora, the party's Assam working president has quit and is likely to join the BJP.

Reacting to his Rajya Sabha candidature, Ashok Chavan, who recently joined the BJP, ditching the Congress, said that by becoming a member of the upper house of Parliament, he will get much wider scope to work at the national level.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said he left the Congress to join the BJP for "better opportunities" and no other reason.

Minutes after joining the BJP after a 38-year-stint in the Congress, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan made an epic faux pas by mistakenly referred to Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar as "Mumbai Congress Chief".

Ashok Chavan, former Maharashtra Chief Minister, joined the BJP today, a day after he quit the Congress.

Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's resignation from the Congress Monday - within days of two other senior figures quitting - has jeopardised his former party's Rajya Sabha plans.

A day after he quit the Congress, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is set to join the BJP later today. "Today around 12-12:30, I am going to start a new journey of my political career, I am going to join BJP," Mr Chavan said

Amid the speculations that former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Congress leader on Monday said that he would prefer to divulge his future political plans in 48 hours.

Congress leader Ashok Chavan is currently in Nanded supervising the preparations to welcome the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by Rahul Gandhi, a senior state party leader said on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Sunday alleged the BJP was using NCP leader Ajit Pawar to "confuse" people. Mr Chavan's remarks came hours after Ajit Pawar, who had joined hands with the BJP on Saturday, on Sunday tweeted that he was still with the NCP and that party chief Sharad Pawar continued to be his leader.

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan Friday accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of personally calling up Congress's assembly lawmakers and asking them to join the BJP.

With just a month to go for the civic polls in Kalyan-Dombivli and Kolhapur, the Congress and NCP are eyeing to join hands, just as the Shiv Sena expects a "positive response" from the BJP for a pre-poll alliance for the two municipal bodies.

Maharashtra Congress unit on saturday sought an early explanation from its local leaders in the wake of the party joining hands with BJP to gain control over Gondia Zilla Parishad.

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan said Monday he was not the "senior leader... who left the Congress... weeping" that Rahul Gandhi referred to at a 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' event in Mumbai.

Delivering another jolt to the Congress after the exit of leaders like former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and senior leader Milind Deora, the party's Assam working president has quit and is likely to join the BJP.

Reacting to his Rajya Sabha candidature, Ashok Chavan, who recently joined the BJP, ditching the Congress, said that by becoming a member of the upper house of Parliament, he will get much wider scope to work at the national level.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said he left the Congress to join the BJP for "better opportunities" and no other reason.

Minutes after joining the BJP after a 38-year-stint in the Congress, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan made an epic faux pas by mistakenly referred to Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar as "Mumbai Congress Chief".

Ashok Chavan, former Maharashtra Chief Minister, joined the BJP today, a day after he quit the Congress.

Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's resignation from the Congress Monday - within days of two other senior figures quitting - has jeopardised his former party's Rajya Sabha plans.

A day after he quit the Congress, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is set to join the BJP later today. "Today around 12-12:30, I am going to start a new journey of my political career, I am going to join BJP," Mr Chavan said

Amid the speculations that former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Congress leader on Monday said that he would prefer to divulge his future political plans in 48 hours.

Congress leader Ashok Chavan is currently in Nanded supervising the preparations to welcome the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by Rahul Gandhi, a senior state party leader said on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Sunday alleged the BJP was using NCP leader Ajit Pawar to "confuse" people. Mr Chavan's remarks came hours after Ajit Pawar, who had joined hands with the BJP on Saturday, on Sunday tweeted that he was still with the NCP and that party chief Sharad Pawar continued to be his leader.

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan Friday accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of personally calling up Congress's assembly lawmakers and asking them to join the BJP.

With just a month to go for the civic polls in Kalyan-Dombivli and Kolhapur, the Congress and NCP are eyeing to join hands, just as the Shiv Sena expects a "positive response" from the BJP for a pre-poll alliance for the two municipal bodies.

Maharashtra Congress unit on saturday sought an early explanation from its local leaders in the wake of the party joining hands with BJP to gain control over Gondia Zilla Parishad.