Sonia directs Chavan to resign

New Delhi -Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today became the first political casualty of the Adarsh Housing Society scam in Mumbai with Congresschief Sonia Gandhi directing him to resign.

"Pending enquiry, his (Chavan's) offer of resignation has been accepted. He has been asked to tender his resignation to Governor (K Sankaranarayanan)," Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said in a brief statement.

The Congress decision came hours before the winter session of Parliament was set to commence in which the opposition had threatened to vociferously raise the issue.

51-year-old Chavan had on October 30 offered to resign during a meeting with Gandhi after it emerged that three of his relatives were members of the housing society in upmarket Colaba.

PTI -Nov 9, 2010