Chavan fails to deliver, hunt for successor on: Cong minister

New Delhi: In a wake up call for Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, the Congress high command has told him to quickly get his act together or else it would be forced to look for a replacement. “Chief Minister’s post is not like working in the Prime Minister’s Office where there is no need to take decisions. In states,things just do not happen unless you take decisions”, a senior Congress leader, who declined to be identified, said. [caption id=“attachment_275742” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Chavan asked to buck up. AFP Photo”] [/caption] The remarks are significant as Chavan was Minister of state in the PMO before being made the Chief Minister in November 2010 after the exit of Ashok Chavan in the wake of the Adarsh Housing Scam. The leader said that right now high command was slightly encountering TINA (There Is No Alternative) factor but has got time ahead to look for Chavan’s replacement if he failed to deliver in the near future. A Union Minister, who wanted to be anonymous, said that a search for Chavan’s succeessor has already begun discreetly and the leadership would take a view in the next two-three months depending upon the Chief Minister’s work by then. “Only honesty will not do. We need competence too. Decisions have to be taken and decisions should also be seen to be taken”, the Minister said in an obvious reference to Chavan’s clean image but who takes time in taking decisions. A section in the Congress feels that Chavan cannot lead the party in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state scheduled for 2014. PTI