Several office-bearers of the Kalyan Congress unit in Maharashtra, including its president Sachin Pote, have resigned ahead of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections. The schedule for the overdue KDMC polls has yet to be announced.

Pote, who stepped down on Wednesday, told reporters that his resignation came following a directive from the high command to make way for new office-bearers, reported the news agency PTI.