*"Pending enquiry, his (Chavan's) offer of resignation has been accepted. He has been asked to tender his resignation to Governor (K Sankaranarayanan)," Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said in a brief statement.
*The Congress decision came hours before the winter session of Parliament was set to commence in which the Opposition had threatened to vociferously raise the issue.
*51-year-old Chavan had on October 30 offered to resign during a meeting with Gandhi after it emerged that three of his relatives were members of the housing society in upmarket Colaba.
Kalmadi axed as Congress Parliamentary Party secy
*Congress axed Suresh Kalmadi as secretary of its parliamentary party, seeking to distance itself from the Organising Committee Chairman of the Commonwealth Games in the wake of allegations of corruption.
*"Suresh Kalmadi's resignation as secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) has been accepted with immediate effect," AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
*Party sources said Kalmadi had been asked to put in his papers as CPP secretary earlier. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is the chairperson of the CPP.
*The decision by Gandhi came on the opening day of the Winter Session of Parliament in which Opposition had threatened to raise the issue of alleged corruption in the Games-related projects.
*Kalmadi, a Congress member of Lok Sabha from Pune, was the Chairman of Organising Committee of the sporting event which concluded last month.
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