Former vice-chancellor of the Mumbai University and former member of the Planning Commission, Dr Bhalchandra Mungekar's candidature for the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency, has been supported by ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh. The Congress is now in the final stages of finalising the list of candidates for Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra.

Mungekar, an economist by profession, has been a Congress Rajya Sabha member. He worked on the Planning Commission when Singh was the PM. The common link between the two is said to be the reason behind Singh's supporting act.