He is a labour union leader with declared assets running into crores, has landed property in Dubai, and stays next to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan in the tony, upmarket suburb of Bandra in Mumbai.
Now, as the new president of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC), Ashok aka Bhai Jagtap is the man tasked with reviving the Congress in the city, and lead it in the crucial elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in early 2022.
Jagtap takes over from former Lok Sabha MP Eknath Gaikwad, who was the acting president of the MRCC, after former union minister Milind Deora stepped down from the position.
18 Congress corporators from Bhiwandi join NCP
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Eighteen Congress corporators in the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation on Wednesday quit the party and joined NCP in the presence of DCM Ajit Pawar and state unit chief Jayant Patil. This may change equations in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government as Congress is expected to take up the matter with NCP boss Sharad Pawar expressing its serious displeasure.
NCP hopes to increase its presence in Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation limits ahead of assembly and civic body elections with new entrants in the party fold.
Congress has been a divided house in the power loom town as rift surfaced during the Mayoral poll. Against this backdrop, 18 corporators took the decision to call it a day and start a new inning by joining NCP. These corporators had allegedly voted against the party line and helped the BJP-supported candidate in winning the Mayor elections.
Mumbai Congress chief suggests to go solo in 2022 civic polls
The Congress shares power with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. PTI
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Newly-elected Mumbai Congress chief Ashok alias Bhai Jagtap suggested that the party contest all the 227 seats in the crucial 2022 elections to the Mumbai civic body.
The Congress shares power with the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. Seat-sharing is a difficult task, therefore, we as a party should think about the people who carried the party flag on their shoulders and fight all the 227 seats in the upcoming elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Jagtap told reporters in Jejuri in Pune district.
Telangana, Gujarat and Punjab PCC likely to undergo organisational changes soon ANI | Updated: Dec 20, 2020 14:57 IST
By Archana Prasad
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): In an effort to improve Congress prospects in forthcoming polls, changes are soon likely to be made in several states in the party s organisational structure. Telangana, Punjab and Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief will also be changed in the coming days.
Speaking to ANI, AICC Telangana in-charge, Manickam Tagore said, We have started the process of changing PCC in Telengana because Telangana PCC Uttam Kumar Reddy has resigned voluntarily from his post taking the responsibility of the defeat in the recent GHMC polls.
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