Cong MLAs authorise Kharge to choose new CLP leader
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: The newly elected Congress MLAs, in a meeting on Wednesday, authorised party president Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the new leader of the Congress Legislature Party and the chief whip in the state assembly. Mumbai, India – Nov 27, 2024: Newly elected MLAs meeting of Congress party leaders in the presence of State President Nana Patole, Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Vijay Wadettiwar, State Working President and State Working President cwc member Naseem Khan, Dr. Nitin Raut, Amit Deshmukh, Aslam Sheikh, Amin Patel and other leaders, at Tilak Bhavan, in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Nov 27, 2024. At the meeting, the party also reiterated its decision to launch a statewide signature campaign to junk EVMs and bring ballot papers back into elections. According to the EVM count, the Shiv Sena candidate got 114 votes, the Shiv Sena candidate got 326 while independent candidate Harshvardhan Jadhav also got 104 votes.