Summary:
Mumbai Congress leaders had recently met Rahul and demanded the change in Mumbai Congress leadership. They complained that incumbent Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam did not take all communities together while taking any decisions. Another Congress leader said that the Congress party cannot fight the elections with the divided house. Besides the high profile constituency that Milind represents, he is also the son of senior Congress leader Murli Deora who was Mumbai Congress president for more than 20 years. Milind is also known to be close to Congress president Rahul Gandhi..