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Nana Patole resigns as assembly Speaker amid speculation he will be Maharashtra Congress chief

Nana Patole, the MLA from Sakoli in Bhandara district, is being tipped to replace Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat as state Congress president soon.

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Nana Patole, tipped to be the next chief of the state unit of the Congress, resigned from his post on Thursday.

Legislature sources said Patole handed over his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zhirwal.

Patole, the MLA from Sakoli in Bhandara district, is likely to replace revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat as state Congress president soon, according to party sources.

The Congress shares power with the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra.

A delegation of Congress ministers, headed by Thorat, had recently met the party leadership in Delhi.

The budget session of the state legislature is to begin from March 1.


Also read: Ready to fight BMC polls solo but open to tie-up if party says — new Mumbai Congress chief


 

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