Chavan, while addressing an election rally in Latur, expressed confidence in the party`s prospects in the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections, citing strong enthusiasm among party workers in Latur and suggested that influence and legacy of Vilasrao Deshmukh would no longer hold sway in the city

Senior Congress leader Hidayat Patel was seriously injured in a sharp-weapon attack in Akola days ahead of the Maharashtra civic polls. Hidayat Patel, who is also the former district Congress president, sustained injuries in the incident and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Akot