Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

Maharashtra Congress
Maharashtra Congress; महाराष्ट्र काँग्रेस
President	Balasaheb Thorat
Headquarters	Tilak Bhawan, Kaka Saheb Gadgil Marg, Dadar, Mumbai - 400025
Student wing	NSUI Maharashtra
Youth wing	Maharashtra Youth Congress
Women's wing	Maharashtra Mahila Congress
Alliance	United Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	1 / 48
Seats in Rajya Sabha	3 / 19
Seats in	44 / 288 (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly)
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Website
	www.mahacongress.com
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The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. The head office of the organization is situated in Dadar, Mumbai.

History

The state of Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960, and since then its politics have been evolving. The INC was long without a major challenger, and enjoyed overwhelming support from the state's sugar co-operatives and thousands of other cooperative organizations involved in the rural agricultural economy of the state such as marketing of dairy and vegetable produce, credit unions etc. Since 1930s when Keshrao Jedhe joined the Congress party, the politics of the Bombay state and its successor Maharashtra state has been dominated by the mainly rural Maratha-Kunbi caste.[1] This group dominates the cooperative institutions and with the resultant economic power, control politics from the village level up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. Since 1980s, this group has also been active in setting up private educational institutions.[2] Major past political figures of Congress party from Maharashtra such as Keshavrao Jedhe, Yashwantrao Chavan, Vinayakrao Patil, Vasantdada Patil, Shankarrao Chavan Keshavrao Sonawane and Vilasrao Deshmukh have been from this group. Sharad Pawar, who had been a towering figure in Maharashtrian and national politics belongs to this group. The state's political status quo was upset when Sharad Pawar defected from the INC, which he perceived as the vehicle of the Gandhi dynasty, to form the Nationalist Congress Party. This followed disputes between Pawar and the INC president Sonia Gandhi. This offshoot of the Congress party split the Maratha community support. In the last thirty years, however, Shiv Sena and the BJP began gaining a foothold in the state of Maharashtra, especially in the urban areas such as Mumbai. Shiv Sena and the BJP came into the power in 1995, which was a big blow to the INC. After one term, however, the Congress-NCP alliance regained power and held it until 2014. The INC contested the 2014 state assembly election without getting in a formal alliance with the NCP and lost power to the BJP.

Past Presidents


Year	President
1960-63	Abasaheb Khedkar
1963-67	Vinayakrao Patil
1967-72	Vasantdada Patil
1972-78	P. K. Sawant
1978	Narendra Tidake
1978-79	Nashikrao Tirpude
1979-80	Ramrao Adik
1980-81	Premilatai D. Chavan
1981-82	Gulabrao Patil
1983	S M I Amir
1983-85	N. M. Kamble
1985-88	Prabha Rau
1988-89	Pratibha Patil
1989-90	N. M. Kamble
1990-91	Sushilkumar Shinde
1991-92	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
1992-93	Shivajirao Deshmukh
1993-97	Sushilkumar Shinde
1997-98	Ranjeet Deshmukh
1998-00	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
2000-03	Govindrao Adik
2003-04	Ranjeet Deshmukh
2004-08	Prabha Rau
2008	Patangrao Kadam
2008-15	Manikrao Thakre
2015-19	Ashok Chavan
2019–present	Balasaheb Thorat

Office Bearers

Vice Presidents

Sanjay Nirupam
Ashok (Bhai) Jagtap
Ratnakar Mahajan
Smt. Rajnitai Patil
Hussain Dalwai
Tukaram Renge Patil
Ulhas Patil
Mohd. Arif Naseem Khan
Chandrakant Handore
Nitin Raut
Vijay Wadettiwar
Sharad Ranpise
K. C. Padavi
Ravishet Patil
Natikkodin Khatib
Sadashivrao Patil
Subash Kanade
Keshavrao Autade
Nana Patole
P. N. Patil
Arshi Khan

Treasurer

Suresh Shetty

General Secretaries

Shri Haribhau Rathod, MLC
Shri Tarique Farooqui, Ex Minister
Shri Muzaffar Hussain, Ex. MLC
Shri Basvaraj M. Patil Murumkar, MLA
Adv. Shri Ramhari G. Rupnavar, MLC
Shri Manikrao Jagtap, Ex-MLA
Shri Shirish Chaudhari, Ex-MLA
Dr. Smt. Shobha Bachhav Ex-MLA
Shri Nandkumar Zaware, Ex-MLA
Shri Nareshchandra Thakare, Ex-MLA
Shri Vijayrao Khadse, Ex-MLA
Shri Subhash Dhote, Ex-MLA
Shri Bhuichandra (Bandubhau) Sawarbandhe, Ex-MLA,
Shri S. Q. Jama, Ex-MLC
Shri Suresh Ingle, Ex-MLA
Shri Prakash Yelgulwar Ex-MLA
Shri Chatrapati Malojiraje Bhosle, Ex-MLA
Shri Rajesh P. Sharma
Shri Sachin Sawant
Prof. Prakash Sonawane
Shri Bhupindarsingh Gupta
Shri Rajan Bhosale
Shri Raj Shrof
Shri Ramesh Shetty
Shri Vishwanath Patil
Shri Ramakant Mhatre
Shri Mushtaq Ataulla Antulay
Smt. Summan R. Agrawal
Adv. Lalita Patil
Shri Vinayak Deshmukh
Shri Shyam Umalkar
Shri Kevalram Kale, Ex-MLA

Shri Madan Bhargad

Shri Sanjay Rathod

Shri Kishor Borkar

Shri Sanjay Khodke

Shri Ramkishan Ojha

Shri Abhijit Sapkal

Dr. Shri Babanrao Taywade

Shri Prafulla Gudade Patil

Shri Suresh Bhoyar

Shri Ziya Rahim Patel

Shri B. R. Kadam

Prof. T. P. Munde

Shri Haribhau Shelke

Shri Liyakat Ansari

Shri Shailesh S. Patil Chakurkar

Shri Ashok Patil Nilangekar

Shri Shivaji Patil Kavekar, Ex-MLA

Shri Subhash Zambad, MLC

Shri Arun Mugdia

Shri Kalyan Dale

Smt. Alka Rathod

Adv. Abhay Chajjed

Shri Prithviraj Sathe

Shri Mohan Joshi Ex MLC

Shri Dharma Bhosle

Shri Rohit Tilak

Shri P. N. Patil, Ex-MLA

Shri Yashwant Happe

Shri B. I. Nagarale

Secretaries

Shri Sayed Zeeshan Ahemad

Shri Mehul Vora

Shri Al-Nasser Zakaria

Adv. Gregory D’soza

Shri Ramchandra Dharmaji (Aba) Dalvi

Shri Santosh Shetty

Shri Datta Nar

Shri Vijay Patil

Smt. K. Vrushali

Shri Prakash Mutha

Shri Shyam Mhatre

Smt. Rani Agrawal

Shri Avinash Ramishtye

Shri Sudhir Pawar

Shri Kailas Hari Patil

Shri Vinay Dattatraya Rane

Smt. Alka Awalaskar

Shri Ramesh Keer

Smt. Hemlata Patil

Shri Shahu Khaire

Smt. Ashwini Boraste

Shri D. G. Patil

Dr. Shri Sudhir Dhone

Shri Prakash Sabale

Dr. Vajahat Mirza

Dr. Mohammad Nadim

Smt. Pramila Premraj Kute

Shri Vinod Jain

Shri Pramod Titirmare

Shri Umakant Agnihotri

Shri Shekhar Shende

Shri Ravindra Darekar

Er. Nitin Kumbalkar

Shri Nana Gavande

Shri Mujib Pathan

Dr. Yogendra Bhagat

Smt. Asawari Vijay Deotale

Shri Abdul Hafij Abdul Rehman

Shri Baburao Kulkarni

Shri Satsang Mundhe

Shri Ashok Sayana

Smt. Jyoti Sanjay Pawar

Shri Amar Khanapure

Shri Vijay B. Kamad

Shri Taufik Mullani

Shri Satyajeet Deshmukh

Shri Prakash Satpute

Shri Sanjay Balgude

Smt. Sangeeta Devkar

Shri Ajit Balkrishna Apte

Shri Sudhir Janjyot

Smt. Asmita Kate

Shri Atul Kotecha

Shri Samshersingh Sodhi

Shri Rajaram Deshmukh

Shri Manish Ganore

Shri Shah Alam Shaikh

Shri Suresh Dalvi

Shri Ajaz Ahmed L. Khatib,

Spokespersons

Shri Anant Gadgil, MLC

Shri Ulhas Pawar, Ex. MLC

Dr. Shri Ratnakar Mahajan

Shri Harish Rogye

Shri Ashok (Bhai) Jagtap, MLC

Shri Sachin Sawant

Dr. Raju Waghmare

Smt. Neela Limaye

Smt. Hemalata Patil

Dr. Shri Sudhir Dhone

Shri Atul Londhe