MUMBAI: Maharashtra governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday gave his sanction to the CBI to prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh housing scam case.The state cabinet had recently recommended governor C Vidyasagar Rao to give the CBI the go ahead to prosecute the former chief minister.Commenting on the governor's nod to CBI to prosecute him, the former CM alleged that the BJP was pressurizing the probe agency to implicate him in the high-profile case.In December 2013, the then governor K Sankaranarayan had refused sanction to the CBI to prosecute Chavan in the scam, leaving the agency with no choice but to close the case against him.Chavan, who had to resign as chief minister after the scam surfaced in 2010, was among the 12 persons who were charged by the agency in connection with the case.The CBI had alleged that Chavan suggested inclusion of civilian members in Adarsh Housing Society meant for war veterans and widows of defence personnel, to secure flats for his relatives.CBI had first approached a trial court seeking to drop Chavan's name as an accused on the ground that the governor had refused to sanction his prosecution. As the CBI court rejected it, the agency moved the Bombay high court.The high court too dismissed CBI's application last November observing that the Governor had refused sanction for prosecution for conspiracy charges under the Indian Penal Code but he can still be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.