Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj&nbsp;Chavan resigned on Friday, a day after NCP broke its 15-year-old&nbsp;alliance with Congress in the state, reducing his government&nbsp;to a minority.
Chavan drove down to Raj Bhavan this evening and&nbsp;submitted the resignation of his government to Governor C&nbsp;Vidyasagar Rao, official sources said.&nbsp;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/aug/10prithvi.jpg" alt="Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan" width="650" height="433" /> Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan
It was not immediately known if he has been asked to&nbsp;continue in a caretaker capacity or the state will be brought&nbsp;under a brief spell of President's rule before the Assembly&nbsp;elections are held next month and a new government sworn in.
Chavan had called on the Governor earlier in the day&nbsp;too and apprised him of the political developments.
The NCP had yesterday called off its alliance with&nbsp;Congress accuses Chavan of neglecting it and stalling talks&nbsp;over seat-sharing.&nbsp;
NCP's insistence on the two allies contesting an equal&nbsp;number of the state's 288 Assembly seats and the demand for rotational chief minister for half of the government's&nbsp;five-year term if the alliance retained power were the&nbsp;sticking points during the seat-sharing talks which eventually&nbsp;led to the collapse of the alliance.

A day after the NCP pulled out from the coalition government in the Maharashtra, CM Prithviraj Chavan submits his resignation to governor&nbsp;CV Rao

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigns

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A day after the NCP pulled out from the coalition government in the Maharashtra, CM Prithviraj Chavan submits his resignation to governor&nbsp;CV Rao

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigns

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