BJP Dismantling Maharashtra Congress?

In a shocking scenario, Ashok Shankarrao Chavan, the former Congress CM of Maharashtra resigned from the party as well as from his MLA office today.

It is more shocking to know that many other Congress leaders are also walking in the footsteps of Chavan giving a knockout blow to the state Congress. 

Amidst this shocking political activity, Chavan  called on Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar this morning before going unreachable.

A few hours later Chavan’s resignation letter surfaced, he changed the details in his profile on X and then tweeted that he has quit the Congress.

In his letter, he has also written by hand ‘former’ MLA from Bhokar Assembly constituency, but has not stated any reasons for his decision.

Soon after the developments, after the resignation of Chavan, state Congress President Nana Patole has flew to Chhattisgarh to meet Rahul Gandhi on his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and then will go to New Delhi to discuss the issue with party bigwigs. 

Parallelly, political circles were abuzz with speculations about the likelihood of several other Congress MLAs and its leaders following in Chavan’s footsteps.

This is the third major blow to knockout the Congress in the New Year, with more in the pipeline.

Looking back, on January 14, the former Union minister Milind M. Deora dumped the Congress to join Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and senior leader and ex-MLA Baba Ziauddin Siddique quit to join Nationalist Congress Party led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

Chavan’s move evoked sharp reactions from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders including Shiv Sena-UBT President and ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray, Congress state President Nana Patole, Congress’ Leader of Opposition (Assembly) Vijay Wadettiwar and Shiv Sena-UBT’s Leader of Opposition (Council) Ambadas Danve, Sanjay Raut and Priyanka Chaturvedi, both MPs, Atul Londhe and others form the three allies.

The state Congress leaders are meeting this afternoon to discuss the circumstances of the unfolding political situation and brace for more impacts in the coming days at various levels.

Hailing from a leading political family of Nanded, Chavan was the state CM from December 2008-November 2010, and had quit after he faced allegations in the infamous Adarsh Society scam.

There is also an open talk that all the resigned Congress legislators and leaders are joining BJP.