Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee


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. 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.

Past presidents

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

Office Bearers

Vice Presidents

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 Dalvi
Shri Santosh Shetty
Shri Dattatray Avhad
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 Jagtap, MLC
Shri Sachin Sawant
Dr. Raju Waghmare
Smt. Neela Limaye
Smt. Hemalata Patil
Dr. Shri Sudhir Dhone
Shri Atul Londhe

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee's Departments, Cells

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (S.C. Dept.)

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal

Performance in State Elections