Adarsh scam: Maharashtra CM Chavan quits

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accepted Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's resignation offer following the Adarsh housing society scam. 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. Ashok Chavan had offered to resign in the wake of the Adarsh housing society scam in Mumbai.