The Mumbai Regional Congress Committee is abuzz with talk of a change of guard ahead of the city civic polls. Sources said aspirants have been lobbying for the president’s post that is currently held by veteran legislator Bhai Jagtap.

Jagtap had assumed the office of the MRCC in December 2021, replacing the late Eknath Gaikwad. To select the president, the Congress high command had taken telephonic feedback from the party block presidents and others, asking them to name a leader of their choice. When Jagtap’s name was announced, the supporters of his close competitor in the contest, Dr Amarjit Singh Manhas had claimed that their leader had got a majority vote and yet had been denied the top position.