Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

Senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat appointed as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader of Maharashtra assembly after the resignation of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil from the post and the party.

As per the press statement, the party stated that the All India Congress Committee gas approved the proposal regarding the appointment of MLAs and MLCs for the Maharashtra Assembly and Council.

The Party picked the following Lawmakers for the various posts in Maharashtra Assembly:

  1. Vijay Alias Balasaheb Thorat – Leader CLP
  2. Vijay Namdeorao Wadettiwar – Leader of Lower House
  3. Mohd Arif Naseem Khan – Deputy Leader of Lower House
  4. Baswaraj M Patil Murumkar – Chief Whip
  5. Agda Chandya (KC) Padvi – Whip
  6. Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar – Whip
  7. Jayakumar Bhagwanrao Gore – Whip
  8. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur – Whip
  9. Praniti Sushil Kumar Shinde – Whip

While the Party picked the following Lawmakers for the various posts in Maharashtra Legislative Council:

  1. Sharad Ranpise – Leader of the Upper House
  2. Adv. Ramhari G Rupnavar – Deputy Leader of the Upper House
  3. Bhai Ashok Arjun Jagtap – Whip

Earlier on May 21, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee passed a resolution giving all rights to Congress President Rahul Gandhi to appoint new Congress legislative party (CLP) leader in the state Assembly.

The appointment of CLP was necessitated after the resignation of Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil as CLP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly last month amidst the national polls 2019. 

READ: Congress’s Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil resigns as Maharashtra Leader of Opposition

His son, Sujay Vikhe Patil was denied ticket to contest from Ahmednagar Parliamentary Seats by NCP who had forged an alliance in the state with Indian National Congress. Later, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party on March 12 in presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had early this month also step down as MLA from Maharashtra Assembly.

Congress in the state is making efforts to revive itself after facing a humiliating defeat in the recently held national polls. In the state that sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha Polls, NCP-Congress could only bag 5 Lok Sabha Seats with NCP winning 4 seats while one seat won by the Indian National Congress.

Shiv Sena-BJP combine swept the state in the national polls bagging 41 seats out the 48 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 23 seats out of 25 contested while its partner Shiv Sena registered a victory on 18 out of 23 contested.

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