Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, while deposing before the Adarsh inquiry commission on Thursday, claimed that he was not aware that his in-laws were members of the controversial Adarsh society.
When the commission’s lawyer Deepan Merchant raised questions on how Mr Chavan’s in-laws got membership in the society, specifically during his tenure as chief minister, Mr Chavan said, “It was towards the end of October 2010 that I learnt that some of my relatives had applied for membership to the Adarsh society and it was granted to them. However, they subsequently tendered their resignation from their membership in the same month.”
This was the second time that Mr Chavan, who is one of the 14 accused in the scam, was summoned by the commission for clarification on some queries.
Mr Chavan also denied knowing that one of his relatives’ names was rejected by the scrutiny panel earlier, but was later accepted after he became the chief minister.