Congress to meet to elect leader of legislature party

MUMBAI: State Congress president Ashok Chavan has convened a meeting of party legislators on Monday to elect the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party in place of leader of opposition

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

who resigned after his son Sujay joined the BJP.


Former CM Prithviraj Chavan, former ministers

Balasaheb Thorat

, Naseem Khand and Vijay Wadettiwar are frontrunners for the CLP leader's post. The meeting will be attended by AICC general secretary Malikarjun Kharge.