Over two dozen Congress legislators from Maharashtra have sought an appointment with party President Sonia Gandhi, apparently to discuss the organisational affairs and the party’s positioning in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), amid growing distrust between the three allies. Sources said Gandhi was likely to meet the legislators in the first week of April.

The party faces a challenge on many fronts, including the leadership in the Maharashtra and Mumbai units, the party’s debacle in the recent Assembly polls and preparedness for the forthcoming local body  elections in the state, said a senior Congress leader. He added that the legislators are also upset because they feel that they are not only sidelined by the state leadership but also by the party ministers in the state. Some 27 legislators have signed the letter to Gandhi.