Published 23:12 IST, October 7th 2019
Sanjay Nirupam attacks Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Twitter
Sanjay Nirupam's anger has not subsided as he attacked Mallikarjun Kharge on Twitter, saying that the latter's leadership will not help save the Congress party
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Indian National Congress (INC) member Sanjay Nirupam has lashed out at fellow party member Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday evening. In a rar explosive tweet, he blamed Kharge of holding a meeting and blaming and mocking Nirupam in meeting. Nirupam has been on a -holds-barred mode since a ticket was denied to a party member that he h recommended for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.
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'Did t let anyone else speak'
Nirupam, in a tweet, mocked Kharge by saying that "great leer Kharge ji yesterday of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) convened a meeting to chalk out election strategy. meeting was over in 15 minutes. He did t let anyone speak. He himself spoke and went on making fun of me. Will such great strategists suffering from maliciousness save or overcome Congress?" Nirupam has also hinted at leaving Congress party on multiple occasions and has blamed former Mumbai Congress Chief Milind Deora of destroying Mumbai Congress. He also said that re weren't any good candidates for polls.
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After rejection of his recommended candidate, he said that he would t be participating in any poll campaigns. In ar tweet, said that he does t want to leave party, but if Congress leers continued to behave in manner that y were, n day was t far away when he would actually leave party. Nirupam h attacked Kharge on Friday as well, when he said, "I remember, when I went to Delhi, I took four candidates with me from Versova, Goregaon, Andheri East, and Dindoshi who were asking for tickets and were good candidates according to me. I took m with me and me m meet with Mr. Kharge. I said se are four people. I have a personal preference for one but or three are equally good too, please consider m. Kharge didn’t even talk to anyone. Today’s circumstances are such that all four of m have lost ir tickets. ne of m got a ticket.”
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'Party does t value work done'
He also held a press conference where he said that Congress party h respect for work done by members. He did t hide his thoughts and said, "I am a very grounded person who likes to work for people, and I have been continuing to do so. I like fighting for people and ir rights. But party has cognizance or value for this. Perhaps, I feel that hard-working people in Congress like myself have place in Congress party anymore. If you ask me about my next step, I feel that I should t leave party. However, it situation keeps on getting worse, I don’t think I will be able to stay in party."
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19:29 IST, October 7th 2019