Mumbai, July 15 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Mohan Prakash will reach Mumbai on Saturday for a two-day probe into the alleged cross-voting by party legislators during the Maharashtra Legislative Council biennial elections held on June 20, of- ficials said here on Friday.
A former AICC General Secretary In-Charge of Maharashtra, Prakash is well-versed with the state Congress’s faction-ridden politics and is expected- ed to submit his report to the party high command for necessary action and remedial measures next week. For the 10 MLC seats, the Congress had fielded two candidates Chandrakant Handore and Bhai Jagtap – with calculations in their favor given the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi’s strength then. In the hotly-contested polls, the first candidate Handore was trounced while Jag- tap emerged as the surprise winner, proving to be a huge loss of face for the party. A prominent Dalit leader and ex-minister, Handore is the Working President of state Congress, while Jagtap is the Mumbai Congress President.
The party has taken the embarrassing debacle of its first-choice candidate (Handore) – who secured less than the allot- ted votes very seriously in the MLC polls, said party officials. Prakash is slated to meet top leaders including state Congress.
