On Friday, Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi appointed Prakash Mugdiya as the party's vice president and Narayan Ambedkar and Rahul Dave as secretaries for Maharashtra Congress ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Gandhi also appointed district presidents for Ratnagiri, Vasai Virar city and Palghar.

Ahead of the #Maharashtra Assembly elections, the #Congress on September 6 appointed #PrakashMugdiya as the party's vice president in the state and #NarayanAmbedkar and #RahulDave as secretaries.

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In an official statement, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, "Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal for appointment of Mugdiya as state Vice President, Ambedkar, and Dave as Maharashtra Congress Committee secretaries." Venugopal further said that Sonia Gandhi has also approved appointments of Advocate Vijai Bhosle as the district chief of Ratnagiri, Onil Almeda as district president of Vasai Virar city and Divakar Patil as the district head of Palghar.