Mumbai: Congress appoints Bhai Jagtap as new MRCC President
Jagtap outsmarted other frontrunners including Deora, Minister of School Education Varsha Gaikwad, former minister Suresh Shetty, former MHADA chief Amarjeet Manhas and former legislator Charan Singh Sapra
Mumbai: Finally wait is over. Almost 17 months after the former MP Milind Deora resigned following party s rout in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress high command on Saturday appointed a trade union leader and legislator Prakash alias Bhai Jagtap (66) as new president of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC).
After Deora s resignation, former MP and veteran leader Eknath Gaikwad (80)was appointed MRCC s executive president and the chorus was rising within the party for a full time President to rebuild the party organization ahead of elections to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) slated for 2022.