THE rumour about the resignation by Nana Patole as the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Chief following the party’s poor show in the recently concluded Assembly polls floated around on Monday. When ‘The Hitavada’ tried to contact Nana Patole, his cellphone was switched off. When this reporter contacted Vikas Thakre, the newly-elected MLA and Congress City Chief, he strongly denied any such development. The rumours were doing rounds on the social media since Monday afternoon about Nana Patole resigning as MPCC Chief. Rumours were also spread about Patole submitting his resignation to the party high command who later did not accept the same.

 

“Patole hasn’t resigned at all, so no question arises as to whether high command accepted it or rejected,” claimed Vikas Thakre. The Mahayuti registered an impressive win in the Maharashtra elections, securing 230 of the 288 seats while Maha Vikas Aaghadi could secure only 46 seats. Congress was handed a beating by the ruling NDA in Maharashtra as the grand old party could win just 16 of the 103 seats it contested. Nana Patole, who contested from Bhandara’s Sakoli constituency could, somehow, manage to win the seat by a margin of mere 208 votes.