By IANS,
Mumbai: Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was Wednesday declared elected unopposed to the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Last week, the opposition, including the Shiv Sena, decided against challenging Chavan, facilitating his unopposed election.
Chavan, who was a union minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, took over as the Maharashtra chief minister six months ago, and had to be elected to either house of the state legislature to continue in the post.
Wednesday was the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers and Chavan was the only candidate for the seat vacated by Sanjay Dutt, a Congress leader.
Chavan took over the reins from Ashok Chavan who quit last November after the Adarsh society scam where flats meant for war widows were sold to high-profile politicians and bureaucrats.