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After Chavan stop the Congress final month, he joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which nominated him for the Rajya Sabha ballot from Maharashtra | (Photo: PTI)
BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, who final month stop the Congress, on Monday mentioned he didn’t meet Sonia Gandhi earlier than leaving the grand previous celebration and dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s feedback on this regard as “baseless”.
Addressing a rally in Mumbai on Sunday forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi claimed a pacesetter from Maharashtra cried in entrance of his mom Sonia Gandhi, saying he felt ashamed that he couldn’t “struggle this energy any extra and did not need to go to jail.
Reacting to it, Chavan in a video message on Monday mentioned Rahul Gandhi made the assertion in a rally on Sunday and didn’t take anyone’s identify.
“But if he is saying that about me, then it is illogical and baseless. The truth is that till I resigned from the Congress, I was working at the party headquarters. I resigned from the post of MLA and a few moments later resigned from the party also. Till then, no one knew that I had resigned,” the previous state chief minister mentioned.
“I never met Sonia Gandhi. It is baseless (to say) that I met Sonia Gandhi and expressed my emotions. It is a political statement from the election point of view,” Chavan mentioned.
After Chavan stop the Congress final month, he joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which nominated him for the Rajya Sabha ballot from Maharashtra.
Chavan was later declared elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed.
In 2010, Chavan stepped down as chief minister following allegations of involvement within the Adarsh housing rip-off in Mumbai. He was additionally state Congress chief throughout 2014-19.
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First Published: Mar 18 2024 | 1:24 PM IST
