Nana Patole resigns as Maharashtra Congress chief days after assembly poll drubbing

Nana Patole on Monday resigned as the president of Maharashtra Congress days after assembly poll drubbing.

Of the three Congress big guns in the state—Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat and Prithiviraj Chavan—Thorat and Chavan lost.

Patole himself won by 208 votes, one of the lowest margins, from the Sakoli assembly constituency in Bhandara district.

Patole on Sunday had said that the Congress would ensure the newly-elected Mahayuti government fulfils promises it made to the people of the state in its election manifesto and speeches.

The BJP on Saturday pulled off a stunning performance in Maharashtra winning a record number of seats to propel the party-led ruling Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory.

Such was the BJP’s dominance that helped the Mahayuti alliance to get a three-fourths majority and continue the winning momentum after its recent historic hat-trick in Haryana, 128 of the 149 candidates fielded by the saffron party won.