Aurangabad, Oct 14:
The medical education minister Amit Deshmukh has urged the Aurangabad District Congress Committee office-bearers to gear up to excel in the forthcoming Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections as soon as possible. He advised them during the meeting held with them on Tuesday evening.
The office-bearers suggested him to take an interest in AMC elections as the late Vilasrao Deshmukh had succeeded in electing Congress mayor in AMC. The minister expressed that the District Congress president Kalyan Kale should take more interest in AMC elections.
Deshmukh, who is also the contact minister of the district, arrived in the city on Tuesday evening. Till late in the night, he held a discussion on various issues with the party''s office-bearers in a hotel, situated on Jalna Road. The meeting also discussed the possible election of AMC. Later on, he heard the issues and views of the office-bearers present on occasion, said the Congress activists.
The office-bearers of Congress'' Frontal Organisations, former city president, district general secretary Kiran Patil Dongaonkar, state office-bearer Prakash Mugadiya, Ravindra Kale, Jitendra Dehale, city unit president (women''s wing) Saroj Patil, city unit president Hisham Osmani and other office-bearers attended the meeting.
Deshmukh was on three-days tour to Aurangabad after his inception as the contact minister. He halted in the city. He also told the office-bearers that he would be visiting Aurangabad once in a month and if needed they could meet him once in a week either at Mumbai or Latur.