Gandhi, who travelled economy class from New Delhi to Mumbai aboard an Air India flight, inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan which will serve as the headquarters of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC).

It is located opposite the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), which was one of the targets of the Mumbai terror attacks on Nov 26 last year.

Present on the occasion were state Congress president Manikrao Thakre, Mumbai party chief Kripa Shankar Singh, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his senior cabinet colleagues, including Narayan Rane, as well as Mumbai legislators, parliamentarians and municipal corporators.