The Congress on Saturday, 13 July, appointed Balasaheb Thorat as its new president for the state of Maharashtra. Thorat will replace veteran leader Ashok Chavan.
As a part of organisational changes that the party made before the upcoming assembly elections in the state, the senior leadership also appointed five working presidents- Nitin Raut, Baswaraj M Patil, Vishwajeet Kadam, Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur and Muzaffer Hussain.
KC Padavi has been appointed the leader of the legislative party. Former president of the Maharashtra Congress, Ashok Chavan, had tendered his resignation in May.