Congress president Rahul Gandhi has decided to do the social engineering in Maharashtra on the line of Gujarat for ensuing Lok Sabha polls. As a part of it, Sambhaji Brigade, president Pravin Gaikwad was inducted in party on Saturday, and he is likely to join as Congress nominee in Pune Lok Sabha constituency. Gaikwad will face the senior BJP minister Girish Bapat for the same seat.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi had informed the Maharashtra Congress leaders to recommend various social organisation leaders who has strong ideological base and following. "Rahul Gandhi wants to enthuse fresh leadership blood in the Congress party. In Gujarat too, Rahul Gandhi had inducted Patidar community leader Hardik Patil, OBC leader Alpesh Thakore and even took help of Dalit face Jignesh Mewani," said a source from Congress.