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Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office Prithviraj Chavan has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra State. Chagan Bhijbal was replaced as Dty CM by Ajit Pawar of the NCP.
Prithviraj Chavan replaces Ashok Chavan after the former resigned over his role in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced Prithviraj Chavan’s name early Wednesday morning. Three names were considered for the post – Prithviraj Chavan, Mukul Wasnik and Balasaheb Thorat.
In the union cabinet, Prithviraj Chavan has handled key assignments and he played an important part in the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Commonwealth Games organiser Suresh Kalmadi also was asked to Quit.
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