Maha PCC chief Manikrao Thakre resigns

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre on Sunday quit his post owning moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly elections.

Addressing a press conference here, Thakre said he had sent his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.  People have given us a mandate to play the role of opposition, and we will be a constructive opposition, he said, adding that despite the good performance of the Congress-led state government, the party could not counter BJP's false propaganda.

To a question, he said it would be wrong to blame former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan alone for the defeat.

- PTI