New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and discussed strategy for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Chavan said that he discussed Congress's readiness for Assembly elections in Maharashtra and termed the interaction with the party chief "very good". He said he plans to meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and some other senior party leaders on Thursday.
Chavan is likely to leave for Mumbai on Thursday morning.
After the party's rout in the Lok Sabha elections, a section of leaders in Maharashtra have been seeking Chavan's removal from the post of chief minister. Assembly polls in Maharashtra are scheduled for October this year.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, too, met the Congress chief after which there were indications that he will continue in his post and also lead the party in the Haryana Assembly elections.
After the party's dismal showing in the general elections in Haryana, there was much speculation about a revamp of the state leadership. Senior Congress leader Birender Singh had recently spoken out against Hooda's leadership and blamed him for Congress's poll debacle in Haryana.
The NCP, which received a drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha elections, is busy in preparing a plan of action with an eye on the crucial Maharashtra Assembly elections in October 2014.
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