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Nana Patole appointed as Maharashtra Congress chief after resigning as Assembly Speaker
•Party chief Sonia Gandhi also appointed six working presidents — Shivaji Rao Moge, Basavaraj Patil, Mohamed Arif Naseem Khan, Kunal Rohidas Patil, Chandrakanth Handore and Pranati Shushilkumar Shinde — to work with Patole
Shiv Sena says all anti-BJP parties should unite under UPA banner, says Congress is 'lacking' as Opposition party
•The Maharashtra Congress, which is part of the Sena-led ruling alliance in the state, however, said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party is not part of the UPA and should not comment on it
Maharashtra minister tells MVA allies to 'stop commenting on Congress leadership' if they want stable govt
•State Congress working president Yashomati Thakur made the remark a day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar reportedly told a Marathi daily that Rahul Gandhi lacks consistency
Shiv Sena slams BJP for 'silence' over Munger firing, questions communalisation of Palghar lynching case
•One person was killed and over two dozen people were injured in firing and stone-pelting during a Durga idol immersion on Monday in Bihar's Munger
Congress suspends Sanjay Jha from party for 'anti-party activities and breach of discipline'
•The entrepreneur-turned-politician's suspension comes weeks after he wrote a newspaper article critical of the Congress party.
Congress demands sedition case against Mumbai school for pro-CAA event after Karnataka Police arrests principal for anti-CAA play
•If sedition case can be registered against students for staging drama against CAA, then a case of sedition should be filed against Mumbai school for forcing students to support CAA, says Congress leader Sachin Sawant
Rahul Gandhi meets Maharashtra Congress ministers in Delhi; Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal also attend meeting
•A meeting between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party ministers in Maharashtra government was held at the New Delhi residence of Congress leader on Tuesday.
Maharashtra Congress slams BJP over delay in govt formation, accuses saffron party of trying to lure Opposition MLAs
•Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat accused the BJP of trying to lure away newly-elected MLAs from Opposition parties and blamed the saffron party for the delay in government formation in the state.
Maharashtra govt formation: Ashok Chavan says Congress, NCP will take joint decision on course of action if BJP-Shiv Sena stalemate doesn’t end
•Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said his party and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will jointly decide their future course of action if a BJP-Shiv Sena government is not formed in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant admits his party's priority is to keep BJP 'out of power'
•Congress spokesman Sachin Sawant on Thursday said his party's priority would be to keep the BJP 'out of power' in Maharashtra.