Along with this move, the Congress president also accepted the resignation of Suresh Kalmadi as secretary of the parliamentary party.
The sacking of Chavan and Kalmadi came moments before the Winter Session of Parliament was to start. The Opposition had indicated that they would raise the issue of the Adarsh Flats scam and Chavan's role in the muddle and the CWG scam in both the Houses.
Chavan's resignation was not accepted earlier as he was to recieve Obama in Mumbai and replacing him would have created a protocol hiccup.
Pressure had been mounting on the Maharashtra CM to demit office over his alleged involvement in Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam in Mumbai.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister and AICC in-charge of Maharashtra AK Antony had submitted a report to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, even as Congress sources had indicated that Chavan's continuance was becoming untenable.
The Congress president had earlier entrusted Mukherjee and Antony to ascertain Chavan's alleged involvement in the allotment of flats to his relatives in the housing project.
Given the fact that the Opposition was determined to stall the proceedings of the Parliament on this issue, the Congress high command took and early call on this issue.
While the hunt for Chavan's successor was on, Union Ministers Prithviraj Chavan and Mukul Wasnik are said to be the front runners for the coveted post even though old warhorses like former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde are reportedly vying for it.
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