Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday approved the appointment of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan as the State party chief.
“The Congress president also approved the names of office-bearers, executive committee, spokespersons, an advisory council and thirteen district Congress committee presidents of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress,” said AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi. Sanjay Nirupam is the (ex-officio) vice president of the State Congress. Apart from Nirupam, there are 18 other vice-presidents including Rajya Sabha members Rajni Pati & Hussain Dalwai, General Secreatries as Nilesh Rane and Amit Deshmukh son of former CM late Vilas Rao Deshmukh 10 spokespersons and Suresh Shetty as the party’s treasurer.