New Maha Cong chief Thorat calls on Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

Newly-appointed Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat on Monday called on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at their residence in New Delhi.

Thorat was on Saturday appointed the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president, replacing Ashok Chavan, who had resigned earlier this month.

Maharashtra goes to polls later this year.

Thorat, 66, a farmers' leader from Maharashtra, has worked extensively in the cooperative movement in the state and is a former minister.