Mumbai Regional Congress Committee

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Mumbai Regional Congress Committee
President Varsha Gaikwad
Youth wing Mumbai Youth Congress
Women's wing Mumbai Regional Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
Political position Centre
Alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
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Website
mumbairegionalcongress.org.in

The Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the city of Mumbai. Although Mumbai is part of Maharashtra state, the Mumbai RCC functions as an independent Pradesh Congress Committee unit and is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region of Maharashtra state. Prominent Congress leaders, including former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, have been associated with it. The current President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee is Varsha Gaikwad.

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Office bearers

President

Working President

Mumbai Youth Congress President

Mumbai Youth Congress Media Department

Mumbai NSUI President

Mumbai AIUWC President

Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, Minority Dept


List of presidents

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1. Murli Deora Murli Deora addressing at the Annual Economic Editors' Conference-2008, oraganised by the Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, in New Delhi on November 26, 2008 (1).jpg 198116 March 2003
2. Gurudas Kamat Gurudas Kamat New Delhi on November 15, 2010.jpg 16 March 200315 August 2008
3. Kripa Shankar Singh 15 August 20084 April 2013
4.Janardhan Chandurkar4 April 201315 January 2015
5. Sanjay Nirupam Sanjay Nirupam.jpg 15 January 201525 March 2019
6. Milind Deora Milind Deora.JPG 25 March 20196 September 2019
7. Eknath Gaikwad 6 September 201919 December 2020
8. Bhai Jagtap Bhai jagtap.jpeg 19 December 20209 June 2023
9. Varsha Gaikwad The Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Maharashtra, Prof. Varsha Gaikwad calls on the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development, Smt. Krishna Tirath, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg 9 June 2023Present

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