Nilesh Rane

At a time when leaders and workers of Congress are already rattled, the resignation of former MP Nilesh Rane from the post of general secretary is another shocker. Rane has blamed MPCC president Ashok Chavan for the party's defeat in the local self-government elections in Ratnagiri. In his resignation, Rane has mentioned that the state president ignored his repeated requests for appointing a district president in Ratnagiri.