Differences in the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) have come to the fore just ahead of the Assembly elections. The party’s senior leaders, including some former city chiefs, have asked the national president Mallikarjun to mull over providing better leadership to the unit.

The leaders met Kharge in New Delhi on Tuesday after having discussed the matter with the national general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra, Ramesh Chennithala. About a week ago, a pressure group of 16 senior leaders had sent Kharge a signed letter seeking his time to discuss reforms for the Mumbai unit. Apparently on Tuesday, the leaders indirectly suggested to Kharge that they wished incumbent Varsha Gaikwad, the newly-elected Lok Sabha member, to be replaced at the earliest.