In what might be seen as recent bother within the Maharashtra unit of the Congress, lobbying has intensified to interchange state unit chief Nana Patole.
Several celebration leaders from Maharashtra reportedly camped in Delhi within the final two days to fulfill the central management. Sources throughout the celebration mentioned that change within the celebration’s management is on the playing cards which additionally consists of Maharashtra unit in-charge H Okay Patil, who just lately received the Assembly elections in Karnataka and is a contender for a cupboard berth within the state.
According to sources, Patole’s “autocratic” working type and “non-responsive” functioning have irked many seniors within the celebration. There have been complaints about how native leaders weren’t taken into confidence earlier than organisational choices have been taken for his or her areas.
Among the leaders who’re presently lobbying to interchange Patole embody two former ministers from Vidarbha area in addition to a senior tribal chief. One of the leaders, who returned to Maharashtra on Thursday night time, informed The Indian Express, “We were in Delhi to meet our senior leaders. Nobody can dictate terms to us. The AICC must take note of the happenings in Maharashtra and take a decision.”
Apart from leaders in Vidarbha, leaders throughout completely different areas have voiced unhappiness over Patole’s type of functioning and have relayed their views to the central management. Patole had just lately gone to Delhi to fulfill Rahul Gandhi amid speculations of makes an attempt to interchange him.
Patole’s tiff with Congress Legislative Party chief Balasaheb Thorat had led to the latter providing his resignation from the publish. Former youth Congress chief Satyajeet Tambe too had focused Patole over his choice to choose to contest the MLC polls as an Independent. Patole just lately crossed paths with former minister Vijay Vadettiwar from Chandrapur district the place he modified the celebration’s district president with out consulting Vadettiwar.
Patole couldn’t be reached for remark, whereas the celebration’s chief spokesperson refused to touch upon the difficulty. Sources from the Patole camp mentioned that regardless of lobbying in Delhi, no management change will happen.