<p>Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday appointed Harshwardhan Sapkal as the new chief of the party's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-govt-extends-term-of-committee-deciding-kunbi-maratha-certificate-methodology-23482704" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maharashtra </strong></a>unit with immediate effect, replacing Nana Patole.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/shiv-sena-ubt-leader-aditya-thackeray-meets-congress-leader-rahul-gandhi-amid-rumblings-in-mva-23482682" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Congress </strong></a>chief also approved the appointment of Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Maharashtra with immediate effect.</p>
<p>Sapkal was a <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/mlas-should-maintain-balance-between-work-of-people-and-work-of-legislature-maharashtra-cm-devendra-fadnavis-23479878" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) </a></strong>from 2014 to 2019, representing the Buldhana Assembly Constituency in Maharashtra.</p>
<p>"The Congress President has appointed Harshwardhan Sapkal as the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect. The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing president <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/nana-patole-seeks-white-paper-on-davos-deals-23471413" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Nana Patole,</strong></a>" a statement from All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said.</p>
<p>Patole had tendered his resignation after the party's rout in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections where the Maha Vikas Aghadi failed to form its government and lost badly to the ruling Mahayuti alliance of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).&nbsp;</p>
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