Sonia defends election ticket for Chavan

26 Mar 2014 Evaluate

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday defended the decision to field former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Lok Sabha polls despite corruption charges against him.

Sonia Gandhi said that as far as they know, Chavan is not barred from contesting the election by any law. Chavan, who is battling corruption charges related to a housing society in his home state, is the Congress candidate from Nanded.

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