With less than a month left for the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Congress is still lagging behind in preparations and campaigning. While Eknath Gaikwad was appointed the new Mumbai Congress chief on September 6, sources within the party said that there have been no meetings with him yet, to strategise for the upcoming elections.

Many workers felt that despite the poor performance of the party in the Lok Sabha elections, no efforts are being made to plan for the assembly elections. "While many BJP candidates started campaigning more than a month ago, we still don't know who will contest. Individually, we have assessed the shortcomings of the party during the Lok Sabha elections. But as a party, there haven't been any meetings with the Mumbai Congress president about the elections," said a potential candidate.