<p>"He was reasonable, worked within the system. I don't know what has happened now. He never previously had political ambitions," Chavan said in an interview to Aaj Tak.<br /><br />"Definitely someone is guiding him towards political ambitions," the channel quoted Chavan as saying in a press release.<br /><br />The Chief Minister denied that there was any rift with key ally NCP but admitted that in a coalition government there were difficulties in decision-making.<br /><br />Chavan indicated that in the upcoming polls to the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Congress and NCP will fight separately just as they had done in all local elections before.<br />He also hit out at his critics for saying decision-making has become slow after he took over as Chief Minister last year.<br /><br />"Yes, a businessman cannot walk into the offices of officials and leaders and get their files cleared personally. If you call that speedy decision-making then that's a different kind of governance," Chavan said.<br /><br />Chavan said he had introduced fool-proof measures and ushered in transparency to ensure that the land scams that occurred before he took over do not occur again.</p>
<p>"He was reasonable, worked within the system. I don't know what has happened now. He never previously had political ambitions," Chavan said in an interview to Aaj Tak.<br /><br />"Definitely someone is guiding him towards political ambitions," the channel quoted Chavan as saying in a press release.<br /><br />The Chief Minister denied that there was any rift with key ally NCP but admitted that in a coalition government there were difficulties in decision-making.<br /><br />Chavan indicated that in the upcoming polls to the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Congress and NCP will fight separately just as they had done in all local elections before.<br />He also hit out at his critics for saying decision-making has become slow after he took over as Chief Minister last year.<br /><br />"Yes, a businessman cannot walk into the offices of officials and leaders and get their files cleared personally. If you call that speedy decision-making then that's a different kind of governance," Chavan said.<br /><br />Chavan said he had introduced fool-proof measures and ushered in transparency to ensure that the land scams that occurred before he took over do not occur again.</p>