We will give able leadership to Maharashtra: Chavan

Chavan will be sworn-in tomorrow as Maharashtra Chief Minister and NCP's Ajit Pawar his deputy.

Maharashtra Chief Minister- designate Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said he and his new deputy Ajit Pawar would provide an “able” leadership and “clean and transparent” administration to the state.

“Some mistakes have occured following which the party high command has taken certain decisions. The inquiry is on and I will see when the report comes,” he told reporters about the Adarsh housing scam that took the job of his predecessor Ashok Chavan.

He said he complimented Pawar on his election as leader of NCP legislature party making him the Deputy Chief Minister- designate.

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“We will provide an able leadership and clean and transparent administration in Maharashtra,” the 64-year-old leader said before departing for Mumbai.

Chavan will be sworn-in tomorrow as Maharashtra Chief Minister and NCP’s Ajit Pawar his deputy.

The ceremony will be held at Raj Bhawan at 4.30 pm,official sources said.

Governor K Sankaranarayanan will administer the oath of office and secrecy.

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Chavan met a number of leaders today including NCP chief Sharad Pawar,Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and party leader Rahul Gandhi.

Chavan was named as leader of the Maharashtra Congress Legislature Party by Congress President Sonia Gandhi this morning.

Investigators, including a bomb squad, combed the site. (Representational)

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