The Maharashtra Congress on Saturday opposed purported plans by the state government to rename public welfare schemes like the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojana (RGJAY) after the late founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray.

State Congress president Ashok Chavan and Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday shot off separate letters to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in this regard.