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Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee

The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (or MPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Maharashtra. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in Maharashtra.

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. 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. 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. The INC won just 16 seats in 2024.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections

Performance in Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections

Status in municipal corporations

List of AICC Incharges

List of presidents

Officeholders

Source:

President

Shri. Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal

Political Affairs Committee

1. Shri. Ramesh Chennithala - In-Charge - Chairman

2. Shri. Harshwardhan Vasantrao Sapkal

3. Shri. Vijay Wadettiwar

4. Shri. Satej Patil

5. Shri. Mukul Wasnik

6. Shri. Avinash Pande

7. Shri. Balasaheb Thorat

8. Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde

9. Shri. Prithviraj Chavan

10. Smt. Rajani Patil

11. Shri. Manikrao Thakare

12. Shri. Nana Patole

13. Smt. Varsha Gaikwad

14. Shri. Imran Pratapgarhi

15. Shri. Sunil Chhatrapal Kedar

16. Dr. Nitin Raut

17. Shri. Amit Deshmukh

18. Smt. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur

19. Shri. Shivajirao Moghe

20. Shri. Chandrakant Handore

21. Shri. Arif Nasim Khan

22. Smt. Praniti Shinde

23. Shri. Muzaffar Hussain

24. Shri. K. C. Padavi

25. Shri. Aslam Shaikh

26. Shri. Vishwajeet Kadam

27. Shri. Kalyan Kale

28. Prof. Vasant Purke

29. Shri. Amin Patel

30. President, Mahila Congress

31. President, Youth Congress

32. Chief Coordinator, Seva Dal

33. President, NSUI

34. President, INTUC

35. President, SC Department

36. Adv. Ganesh Patil - Convenor

Ex-Officio Members

37. AICC Secretaries, In-charge, Maharashtra

38. AICC Secretaries & Joint Secretaries from Maharashtra

Tresurer

1. Shri. Abhay Chhajed

Senior vice presidents

1. Adv. Abhijit Wanjari

2. Adv. Ganesh Patil

3. Dr. Sunil Deshmukh

4. Dr. Wajahat Mirza

5. Shri. Anees Ahmed

6. Shri. Gopal Agrawal

7. Shri. Kalyan Kale

8. Shri. Mohan Joshi

9. Shri. Mujaffar Husain

10. Shri. Nana Gawande

11. Shri. Rajendra Mulak

12. Shri. Ramesh Bagave

13. Shri. Ranjit Kamble

14. Shri. Sachin Naik

15. Shri Tukaram Renge Patil

Vice presidents

1. Shri. Anil Patel

2. Shri. Ashok Dhavad

3. Shri. Ashok Garg

4. Shri. Ashok Nilangekar

5. Adv. Asif Shaukat Qureshi

6. Shri. B. I. Nagrale

7. Shri. Balasaheb Shankarrao Deshmukh

8. Shri. Baldev Maharaj Rathod

9. Shri. Harish Bhaiya Pawar

10. Shri. Hidayat Patel

11. Shri. Kalyan Dale

12. Shri. Kamaal Farooqui

13. Shri. Kishor Govindrao Kanhere

14. Shri. Laxman Ghumare

15. Shri. M. M. Shaikh (Ex MLC)

16. Shri. Mirza Ariz Hafiz Beg

17. Shri. Rajaram Pangavhane

18. Shri. Rajan Bhosale

19. Shri. Rajendra Rakh

20. Shri. Rajesh Sharma

21. Shri. Ramchandra (Aaba) Dharmaji Dalvi

22. Shri. Ramesh Shetty

23. Shri. Ramhari G. Rupanwar (Ex MLC)

24. Smt. Rani Agrawal

25. Adv. Sandeep Suresh Patil

26. Smt. Sandhya Sawwalakhe

27. Shri. Sanjay Rathod

28. Shri. Sharad Aher

29. Shri. Siddhartha Hattiambire

30. Shri. Suresh Bhoyar

31. Shri. Suresh Taware (Ex MP)

32. Smt. Takshashila Wagdhare

33. Shri. Virendra Jagtap (Ex MLA)

34. Shri. Vishal Muttemwar

35. Shri. Yogendra Patil

36. Dr. Zeeshan Husain

Senior spokespersons

1. Shri. Anant Gadgil

2. Shri. Atul Londhe

3. Shri. Dhiraj Deshmukh (Ex MLA)

4. Shri. Gopal Tiwari

5. Shri. Sachin Sawant

General Secretaries

1. Shri. Abhijit

2. Shri. Abid Khan

3. Shri. Aditya Ashokrao Patil

4. Shri. Ajay Ramayyaji Kankdalwar

5. Shri. Amar Khanapure

6. Adv. Amit A. Karande

7. Shri. Amir Sheikh

8. Shri. Anant Vishwanath Mohod

9. Shri. Anis Qureshi

10. Dr. Archana Patil

11. Shri. Ashokrao Bobade

12. Shri. Atul Kotecha

13. Shri. Satish Manoharrao Warujkar

14. Shri. Babu Nair

15. Adv. Bhausaheb Ajabe

16. Shri. Bhanudas Mali

17. Smt. Bhavana Jain

18. Shri. Brijkishor Dutt

19. Shri. Dadasaheb Maruti Munde

20. Dr. Darbarsing Girase

21. Shri. Dhanajay Shinde

22. Shri. Dhananjay Shirish Chaudhary

23. Adv. Dileep Edatkar

24. Shri. Dileep Sarnaik

25. Dr. Dinesh Fakirchand Kambale

26. Dr. Dinesh Yashwantrao Nikhate

27. Smt. Dipti Chaudhari (Ex Mayor, Ex MLC)

28. Shri. Domnic D'mello

29. Shri Girish Pandav

30. Shri. Gurbindersingh Bachher

31. Shri. Haider Ali Dosani

32. Shri. Haribhau Mohad

33. Shri. Harishchandra Chimaji Thorat

34. Shri. Hemant Ogale (MLA)

35. Smt. Husnabanu Khalife (Ex MLC)

36. Dr. Jitendra Dehade

37. Shri. Jojo Thomas

38. Shri. Karan Jayant Sasane

39. Shri. Ketan Vikas Thakre

40. Shri. Kishor Borkar

41. Shri. Kunal Raut

42. Smt. Kunda Raut

43. Shri. Lahu Hanumantrao Shewale

44. Shri. Madhu Mohite

45. Smt. Madhuri Aade

46. Shri. Mahesh Gangane

47. Shri. Manish Somnath Ganore

48. Shri. Manoj Kambale

49. Shri. Milind Chimote

50. Shri. Milind Padgaonkar

51. Shri. Mohan Deshmukh

52. Smt. Monica Jagtap

53. Shri. Mrunal Patil

54. Shri. Mufti Harun Nadvi

55. Shri. Mujahid Khan

56. Shri. Munna Bandu Kurane

57. Dr. Nadeem

58. Smt. Nanda Mhatre

59. Smt. Nanda Parate

60. Shri. Nandakumar Sarjerao Kumbhar

61. Adv. Navin Singh

62. Dr. Noor Ansari

63. Smt. Prabhavati Janardhan Ghogare

64. Shri. Pradeep (Pappu) Ranka

65. Shri. Prakash Sonavane

66. Shri. Prasanna Baburao Tidke

67. Shri. Rajendra Shelar

68. Shri. Rajesh Rathod (MLC)

69. Shri. Ramesh Keer

70. Shri. Ramvijay Burungale

71. Adv. Ravi Prakash Jadhav

72. Shri. Ravindra Darekar

73. Smt. Rekha Dattatraya Chavan

74. Shri. Sadanand Shetty

75. Shri. Sahebrao Kamble

76. Shri. Sainath Chavan

77. Adv. Sandeep Davhale Patil

78. Shri. Sandesh Kondvilkar

79. Shri. Sandesh Singalkar

80. Shri. Sanjay Balgude

81. Shri. Sanjay Dube

82. Shri. Santosh Singh Chandan Singh Rawat

83. Shri. Sayed Zeeshan Ahmed

84. Shri. Shah Alam

85. Shri. Shakur Nagani

86. Shri. Sham Umalkar

87. Shri Shashank Bawachakar

88. Shri. Shiva Rao Polisetti

89. Adv. Shraddha Thakur

90. Dr. Sharavan Govindrao Rapanwad

91. Shri. Shrikrishana Sangale

92. Shri. Shrirang Barge

93. Shri. Shrirang Eknath Chavan

94. Shri. Sunil Malke

95. Adv. Surendra Ghodajkar

96. Shri. Suryakant Baburao Patil Budhihalkar

97. Shri. Taufik Mulani

98. Shri. Umakant Agnihotri

99. Shri. Yadnyawalk Jichkar

100. Shri Yashraj Parkhi

101. Shri. Yogesh Shankar Nam

102. Shri. Yuvraj Karankal

103. Shri. Zakir Ahmed

104. Shri Ziya Patel

105. Adv. Shekhar Shetty

106. Shri. Aravind Kolte

Secretaries

1. Shri. Aanand Mainbhadur Singh

2. Shri. Abhyuday Meghe

3. Dr. Aishwari Rathod

4. Shri. Akash More

5. Shri. Akshay Raut

6. Shri. Ashok Rohidas Dolas

7. Shri. Asif Tawakel

8. Smt. Avantika Lekurwale

9. Shri. Baliram Dhole

10. Shri. Bandu Dhotre

11. Adv. Carina Sharon Xavier

12. Shri. Chandrakant Sathe

13. Shri. Chhagan Khatke Patil

49. Shri. Al Naseer Zakaria

89. Shri. Vishwajit Happe

90. Shri. Vishwajit Marotrao Kowase

91. Shri. Pradeep Ram Rao

92. Smt. Vidya Shashikant Patil

93. Shri. Surendra Adhav

94. Shri. Harish Rawal

95. Shri. Ashok Ganpatrao More

Media coordinator

1. Shri. Shrinivas Bhikkad

Executive Committee

1. Harshwardhan Sapkal

2. Shri. Mukul Wasnik

3. Shri. Avinash Pande

4. Shri. Vijay Wadettiwar

5. Shri. Satej Patil

6. Shri. Amin Patel

7. Shri. Balasaheb Thorat

8. Shri Prithviraj Chaven

9. Shri. Sushilkumar Shinde

10. Shri. Manikrao Thakare

11. Smt. Rajani Patil

85. Shri. Suresh Shetty

86. Shri. Madhu Chavan

87. Shri. Munaf Hakim

Various committees

Screening Committee, Election Coordination Committee, Election Committee, Election Management Committee, Campaign Committee, Media Coordination Committee, Publicity Committee,  Manifesto Committee, Finance Committee are constituted and Observers are appointed during Assembly and Parliament elections. Subject Committees may be constituted on various issues and matters.

Delegates

The MPCC has 553 PCC delegates & 100 AICC delegates, while the MRCC has 236 PCC delegates & 43 AICC delegates.

Frontal organisations

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal

  • Shri. Vilas Autade, Chief Organizer.

Maharashtra Pradesh Mahila Congress

  • Smt. Sandhaya Sawwalakhe, President.

Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress

  • Shri. Shivraj More, President,

Maharashtra Pradesh National Students Union of India

  • Shri. Sagar Salunkhe, President.

Maharashtra Pradesh Indian National Trade Union Congress

  • Shri. Prakash Hirachand Mutha, President

Departments and cells

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress SC Department

Shri. Siddhartha Hattiambire, President.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress ST Department

Shri. Vasant Purke, President

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress OBC Department

  • Dr. Yashpal Bhinge, President.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Minority Department

Dr. Wajahat Mirza, President.

List of chief ministers of Maharashtra from the Congress Party

Performance in state elections

See also

Citations

General sources

External links