Days after Eknath Shinde government won the trust vote in Maharashtra, State Congress chief Nana Patole held a meeting with the party’s top leadership at party president Sonia Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence on Thursday.
Though there was no official statement on the meeting from the All India Congress Committee (AICC), former party chief Rahul Gandhi and general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal are said to have attended the meeting.
This is also the first meeting of top leaders with Mr. Patole after the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The timing of the meeting assumes significance as nearly a dozen of the Congress MLAs in Maharashtra couldn’t participate in the voting process. While some were absent, others were late to reach the floor of the Assembly and were not allowed to vote.
