<span style="color: #222222;">Former Lok Sabha MP Eknath Gaikwad has been appointed as the working president of the Mumbai Congress. The announcement was made by All India Congress Committee General Secretary K C Venugopal through a statement yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The post was vacant as party's well known leader and erstwhile city unit chief Milind Deora had announced his resignation owing to the party's poor Lok Sabha showing. However, the Party leadership has asked him to continue to guide and unite the Mumbai Congress. <br />''<br />'' Meanwhile, according to party sources soon one more person will also be appointed to look after the city unit working for strategic planning for upcoming Assembly elections. Two-time MP Gaikwad was defeated in the April-May general elections by Shiv Sena's Rahul Shewale.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span>