Hundreds of office-bearers and workers from various organisations, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), and the Sambhaji Brigade, joined the Congress party at Tilak Bhavan in Mumbai on Monday. The event was held under the leadership of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal, who welcomed the new entrants into the Congress fold and extended his best wishes for their future work.

Also present at the event were All India Congress Committee Secretary Sachin Sawant, former legislator Anant Gadgil, Rajesh Sharma, SC Department state chief Siddharth Hattiambire, state general secretary Dhananjay Shinde, and Professor Prakash Sonawane, among others.