<p>Mumbai: Veteran Congress leader Chandrakant Handore is the grand old party’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. </p><p>The 67-year-old Handore is a senior leader from the Dalit community.</p><p>Handore was a Corporator of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and had even served as Mumbai Mayor from 1992-23.</p><p>He is a two-time MLA and had been a minister in the erstwhile Democratic Front government comprising Congress and undivided Sharad Pawar-led NCP and their allies. </p><p>He had worked in various capacities in the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) and Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).</p>.Congress Rajya Sabha polls list: Singhvi fielded from Himachal, Prasad from Bihar; Maken & Syed Hussain to contest from Karnataka.<p>Currently, he is the working president of MPCC.</p><p>It may be recalled, in 2022, he lost the the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.</p><p>The Congress had 45 MLAs, however, the strength was reduced to 43 as Sunil Kedar was disqualified following his conviction and five-year jail term by a Nagpur court in connection with an alleged Rs 150 crore cooperative bank scam, while Ashok Chavan resigned.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Veteran Congress leader Chandrakant Handore is the grand old party’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. </p><p>The 67-year-old Handore is a senior leader from the Dalit community.</p><p>Handore was a Corporator of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and had even served as Mumbai Mayor from 1992-23.</p><p>He is a two-time MLA and had been a minister in the erstwhile Democratic Front government comprising Congress and undivided Sharad Pawar-led NCP and their allies. </p><p>He had worked in various capacities in the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) and Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).</p>.Congress Rajya Sabha polls list: Singhvi fielded from Himachal, Prasad from Bihar; Maken & Syed Hussain to contest from Karnataka.<p>Currently, he is the working president of MPCC.</p><p>It may be recalled, in 2022, he lost the the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.</p><p>The Congress had 45 MLAs, however, the strength was reduced to 43 as Sunil Kedar was disqualified following his conviction and five-year jail term by a Nagpur court in connection with an alleged Rs 150 crore cooperative bank scam, while Ashok Chavan resigned.</p>