Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Elections - BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil as new state chief
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Ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Elections - BJP appoints minister Chandrakant Patil as new state chief
Prior to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections, the BJP on Tuesday appointed Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil & party MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha as presidents of the state and Mumbai city units respectively. While Patil has replaced Raosaheb Danve who resigned as the Maharashtra BJP chief after joining the Union cabinet, and a builder and the richest MLA Lodha has replaced Ashish Shelar who was recently appointed as a minister in the state government.
According to BJP’s constitution, a party leader cannot continue to hold the same post for more than two terms.
While announcing his resignation as the state unit president, Danve said, "I request the party to appoint a full-time state president to strengthen the party organization. I need to focus on my ministerial portfolio and parliamentary responsibilities".
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The elections for the 288-member House in Maharashtra are due in September-October this year.
With Patil's appointment, the presidents of the state units of the BJP, the Congress and the NCP now hail from the western Maharashtra region. While newly-appointed state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat comes from Ahmednagar district, his NCP counterpart Jayant Patil belongs to Sangli district. Lodha represents Malabar Hill constituency in South Mumbai.