On Wednesday, Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with party state unit chief Eknath Gaikwad a day after her two party leaders, actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar, and former Maharashtra Home Minister Kripa Shankar Singh resigned from the Congress party.

Gaikwad, who arrived at Sonia Gandhi's residence 10 Janpath held discussions with the Congress Interim President for over an hour. Gaikwad said that Gandhi discussed the issue of many party leaders deserting the party ahead of the Assembly polls in the state. Party leaders leaving the part ahead of the Maharashtra State Assembly elections has left Gandhi in a deserted state.