Five months after Harshwardhan Sapkal took over as the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief, the party has announced a jumbo 387-member state committee.

The newly formed panel features a 36-member political affairs committee, 16 senior vice presidents, 38 vice presidents, five senior spokespersons, 108 general secretaries, 95 secretaries, and 87 executive committee members, according to news agency PTI. 

All India Congress Committee (AICC) Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala will head the political affairs committee. Among the key appointments, former MLA Dheeraj Deshmukh, son of the late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, has been named a senior spokesperson for the first time.