A day after being expelled from Congress for ‘indiscipline’, Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday said the disciplinary action against him by the grand old party came following his resignation from the party’s primary membership. The Congress on Wednesday expelled the Maharashtra leader from the party for six years for making anti-party statements amid seat-sharing talks with Shiv Sena (UBT) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Nirupam, a former MP, shared a screenshot of his resignation mail to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on X and wrote, “Looks like immediately after the party received my resignation letter last night, they decided to issue my expulsion. Good to see such promptness. Just sharing this information.”
Looks like, immediately after the party received my resignation letter last night, they decided to issue my expulsion.Good to see the such promptness.Just sharing this info.I will give detail statement today between 11.30 to 12 PM pic.twitter.com/3Wil8OaxuE— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) April 4, 2024
The 59-year-old leader said he’ll address the media on the matter further at 11:30 am today.
“I have finally decided to fulfil your much awaited desire and hereby announce that I choose to resign from the primary membership of All India Congress Committee,” Nirupam wrote in his letter.
Action against Nirupam came after the Maharashtra unit of the Congress initiated disciplinary action for his recent remarks targeting party ally and Maha Vikas Aghadi member Shiv Sena (UBT) in the state.
Earlier, the Congress had also dropped Nirupam’s name as a star campaigner.
The demand for action against Nirupam grew after he castigated the state leadership for “ceding” constituencies in Mumbai to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena during seat-sharing talks for the Lok Sabha elections.
The former Congress MP was aiming to contest from Mumbai’s North-West seat, and had expressed his unhappiness over the Sena (UBT) fielding Amol Kirtikar.
With inputs from News18