Barely a fortnight to go before the Lok Sabha elections are announced, the Congress is in a mess in the state where it was hoping to turn the tables on the BJP
Former Congress CM Ashok Chavan joined BJP, taking 55 ex-Corporators from Nanded-Waghala with him. Remaining Congress members claim he's not the sole leader.
The exit of the Marathwada strongman a few months before the general election is a bigger loss for the Congress than a win for the BJP, say political observers
Ashok Chavan has rejected suggestions that he exited the Congress under pressure, saying he chose the better option rather than waste his time and effort