Mumbai:
Expressing dissatisfaction over the way Congress has treated former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh scam investigation, twelve Congress MLAs and supporters of Ashok Chavan walked out of the Congress Legislative Party meet in Mumbai today.
Ashok Chavan is among 13 people charge sheeted by CBI in the multi-crore Adarsh Housing Society scam. He has been charged with cheating and criminal conspiracy for recommending the allotment of 40 per cent of flats to civilians in what was supposed to be a society for defence personnel.
The MLAs have alleged that the party has not stood behind the Mr Chavan. The former chief minister also hinted it's a political conspiracy.
"It is a conspiracy hatched by political opponents to keep me out of public life, but they will not succeed. Ultimately the truth will prevail, I have done no wrong," Mr Chavan told NDTV.
The CBI had registered a case on January 29 last year against the former Maharashtra Chief Minister and 13 others, including senior bureaucrats and retired army personnel.