Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Nana Patole was appointed president of the state Congress unit. The announcement came a day after he resigned from his post as Speaker.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi also appointed six working presidents to work in coordination with Patole. Ten vice presidents of the state unit, including former Rajya Sabha (RS) member Hussain Dalwai, were also appointed. The party also set up a Parliamentary Board in the state with 37 members, a Strategy, Screening and Coordination Committee for the upcoming local bodies elections. The budget session of the state legislature is scheduled to begin from March 1.