title: harvest chosen plugin fails to show validation messages for asp.net mvc dropdown list
body: <p>I am unable to get validation messages after changing my dropdownlist to chosen dropdown list. Chosen plugin can be found <a href="http://cdnjs.com/libraries/chosen/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>Jquery code
      $('#SelectedPropertyGroup').chosen();    
  
  UI Code
      &lt;div&gt;
                      @Html.DropDownListFor(x =&gt; x.SelectedGroup, Model.Groups, "Select Group", new
                      {
                          @onchange = "javascript:ValidateApplicationSelection(this, 'Group');",
                          @placeholder = "Please select a product"
                      })
                  &lt;/div&gt;
  
                  &lt;div&gt;
                      @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.SelectedGroup, "", new { id = "valGroup" })
                  &lt;/div&gt;
  
  
  Model Code
  
              [Required(ErrorMessage = "Select Group")]
              [DisplayName("Group: ")]
              public string SelectedGroup { get; set; }
  </code></pre>