Congress must take a stand on former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh's claim that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh wanted police officers to collect Rs 100 crore monthly from bars and hotels, former MP Sanjay Nirupam has said.
"Speculations and suspicions about my absence in Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai rallies are meaningless. Due to an important family function, I was very busy whole day, rather till late night. Had informed him in advance," Sanjay Nirupam tweeted.
Former MP and former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam seemingly made a huge allegation against top-level Congress leaders by saying that it was them who coined the name 'Pappu' for Rahul Gandhi and not Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Sanjay Nirupam's revelations: Congress itself coined the word 'Pappu' for Rahul Gandhi. He also revealed that Rahul lacked support from the top leaders of the party.
Sanjay Nirupam takes dig at Sonia Gandhi, says party President is blindly following AICC general secretary
In a pre-poll jolt for the Congress in Maharashtra, senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam declared on Thursday that he will "not campaign" in the October 21 Assembly elections.
Matondkar, who unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North constituency, wrote the letter to the party leadership criticising the conduct of Sandesh Kondvilkarand Bhushan Patil, close associates of Nirupam, a former Mumbai Congress president.
Nirupam also criticised Deora's suggestion to set up a panel comprising three senior Congress leaders to oversee the Mumbai unit till the Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying such a move would "ruin" the party further.
On the other hand, the Delhi High Court had earlier quashed the summons issued against Smiti Irani in a defamation complaint filed against her by Nirupam.
Nirupam had been at loggerheads with senior party leaders in the state and the move has come as a bid to quell the intense infighting within the Mumbai Congress.
The remarks by the Congress leader came in the backdrop of general elections next year, for which the prime minister is slated to visit Varanasi as he represents it in Lok Sabha.
In his tweet in Hindi, Nirupam had said that Vala's loyalty towards the BJP was comparable to that of a dog. The Congress leader later tweeted an apology.
The woman worker complained to the party's Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam, who promised to take action against those found guilty. The protest march was organised by the party at Juhu.
Addressing a press conference, Nirupam said the Congress would never align with a party that believes in divisive politics.
Sambit was joined on stage by Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam, who responded to Sambit by saying that Rahul’s visits to temples should not be politicised by the BJP.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam said he would not tolerate such high-handedness of MNS leaders against the hawkers.
Speaking at VANDE MATARAM - India TV's mega conclave against terrorism, the Congress leader said that his statement was aimed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP as they sought votes in the name of “surgical strikes”.
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