Maharashtra Exodus for Congress: After Milind Deora And Baba Siddique, Former CM Ashok Chavan Leaves Party

As a top leader of the Congress, Ashok Chavan frequently held seat-sharing meetings for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with alliance partners Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. It would also be interesting to see, said observers, how many Congress leaders Chavan manages to take with him to the BJP. The former CM, though, said he had not decided to join the saffron party