Ashok Chavan Exit, Or That Of Deora, And The Elephant In The Room That Congress Can't See

File photo of Ashok Chavan at a press conference in Mumbai in 2019.

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A day before former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan abruptly announced his resignation from the Congress party on February 12, he was seen at the Tilak Bhavan, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) headquarters. Ramesh Chennithala, the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) state in-charge, had been in Maharashtra for a couple of days, and a slew of deliberations were scheduled for the day. According to Congress leaders present there, Chavan did not betray any sense of his next