Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigns
His resignation came a day after his Congress Party snapped its ties with the NCP
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-09-26 19:33 GMT
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan submitted his resignation to Governor C.V. Rao on Friday, a day after his Congress Party snapped its ties with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Chavan served as Maharashtra Chief Minister for a little less than four years.
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The alliance broke over not being on the same page as far as allocation of seats in the state was concerned ahead of assembly polls.
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Maharashtra will now go to polls on October 15 with all the major four parties contesting alone. There are 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra.