India, Jan. 6 -- In a bid to put its civic poll campaign back on track, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) has appointed Shrikant Patil as Pune city unit president and Vishal Tambe as the party's election in-charge, following the resignation of former city chief Prashant Jagtap.

"I will try to do justice to the responsibility entrusted to me. During the municipal elections, we will work to win the maximum possible seats," Patil said.

The appointments were made by NCP (SP) state president Shashikant Shinde amid concerns that the party's city unit had become largely dysfunctional during the ongoing municipal election process.

After his appointment, Patil visited the party's city office on Monday and formally took charge...