Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee


The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee 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.

List of AICC Incharges

Officeholders

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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
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 Dharmaji Dalvi
22. Shri. Ramesh Shetty
23. Shri. Ramhari G. Rupanwar
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
32. Smt. Takshashila Wagdhare
33. Shri. Virendra Jagtap
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
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
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
35. Smt. Husnabanu Khalife
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 Ranka
65. Shri. Prakash Sonavane
66. Shri. Prasanna Baburao Tidke
67. Shri. Rajendra Shelar
68. Shri. Rajesh Rathod
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

#NameTook officeLeft office
1Yashwantrao Chavan1 November 195619 November 1962
1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election---
2Marotrao Kannamwar
3Vasantrao Naik5 December 196320 February 1975
4Shankarrao Chavan21 February 197517 May 1977
5Vasantdada Patil17 May. 19777 March 1978
1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election---
7Abdul Rehman Antulay9 June 198012 January 1982
8Babasaheb Bhosale21 January 19821 February 1983
9Vasantdada Patil 2 February 19831 June 1985
1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election---
10Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil3 June 19856 March 1986
11Shankarrao Chavan12 March 198626 June 1988
12Sharad Pawar 26 June 198825 June 1991
9th Assembly Elections ---
13Sudhakarrao Naik25 June 199122 February 1993
14Sharad Pawar 6 March 199314 March 1995
1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election---
15Vilasrao Deshmukh 18 October 199916 January 2003
16Sushil Kumar Shinde18 January 200330 October 2004
2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election---
19Vilasrao Deshmukh 1 November 20044 December 2008
20Ashok Chavan8 December 20085 November 2010
21Prithviraj Chavan6 November 201025 September 2014

General sources