<p>Addressing a press conference soon after submitting his resignation to Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, he said the Congress leadership should conduct a full inquiry into the matter.<br /><br />"Everything will come out in the open after the inquiry, and my innocence will be proved. I have submitted by resignation pending the outcome of the inquiry," Chavan declared.<br />"I still enjoy the confidence of my leader (Sonia Gandhi). She was kind enough to give me the chief ministership. I am grateful for the responsibility she has given me." <br /><br />Gandhi had constituted a two-member team comprising Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to probe the allotment of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society flats in Mumbai -- originally meant for families of soldiers killed in the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan -- to politicians, bureaucrats and military officials. <br />He said he took the decision to quit pending the inquiry report.<br /><br />"I have been informed that pending inquiry, (my) resignation has been accepted. That's why I met with Maharashtra governor and submitted to him my resignation," Chavan told reporters here.<br /><br />Chavan, who has been asked to continue till a successor was appointed, said the decision would not impact his political career. <br /><br />"We encounter many ups and downs in public life and there are other options available. I have no intentions of quitting the party and shall continue to work as an ordinary worker of the party. I fully respect the decisions of the party leadership." <br /><br />Chavan said he had placed the facts of the Adarsh housing society issue before the party leadership last week and had offered to quit pending the outcome of the inquiry.<br /><br />"The party can conduct inquiry by any agency and the truth will come out," he said.<br />Mukherjee and Antony are expected to reach Mumbai later this afternoon while a meeting of Congress legislators is being called here Tuesday night, around 10 p.m., to decide on Chavan's successor.<br /><br />The governor accepted the resignation and requested Chavan to continue till alternate arrangements were made.<br /></p>
<p>Addressing a press conference soon after submitting his resignation to Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, he said the Congress leadership should conduct a full inquiry into the matter.<br /><br />"Everything will come out in the open after the inquiry, and my innocence will be proved. I have submitted by resignation pending the outcome of the inquiry," Chavan declared.<br />"I still enjoy the confidence of my leader (Sonia Gandhi). She was kind enough to give me the chief ministership. I am grateful for the responsibility she has given me." <br /><br />Gandhi had constituted a two-member team comprising Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to probe the allotment of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society flats in Mumbai -- originally meant for families of soldiers killed in the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan -- to politicians, bureaucrats and military officials. <br />He said he took the decision to quit pending the inquiry report.<br /><br />"I have been informed that pending inquiry, (my) resignation has been accepted. That's why I met with Maharashtra governor and submitted to him my resignation," Chavan told reporters here.<br /><br />Chavan, who has been asked to continue till a successor was appointed, said the decision would not impact his political career. <br /><br />"We encounter many ups and downs in public life and there are other options available. I have no intentions of quitting the party and shall continue to work as an ordinary worker of the party. I fully respect the decisions of the party leadership." <br /><br />Chavan said he had placed the facts of the Adarsh housing society issue before the party leadership last week and had offered to quit pending the outcome of the inquiry.<br /><br />"The party can conduct inquiry by any agency and the truth will come out," he said.<br />Mukherjee and Antony are expected to reach Mumbai later this afternoon while a meeting of Congress legislators is being called here Tuesday night, around 10 p.m., to decide on Chavan's successor.<br /><br />The governor accepted the resignation and requested Chavan to continue till alternate arrangements were made.<br /></p>