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The Congress on Wednesday expelled senior leader Sanjay Nirupam for six years for indiscipline and anti-party statements'.T)..
"Taking note of the complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, the Congress president has approved the expulsion of Sanjay Nirupam from the party for a period of six years with immediate effect," stated a letter issued by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal...
The former MP was expelled from the Congress days after he hit out at the state party leadership amid seat-sharing talks with Shiv Sena (UBT) for the Lok Sabha elections...
The expelled Congress leader had slammed the Maharashtra Congress leadership after Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) had announced its candidates for four out of six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, including the Mumbai North West seat, which he is eyeing..
Accepting the Shiv Sena (UBT's) decision to unilaterally field candidates in Mumbai amounted to allowing the destruction of Congress, the former Mumbai Congress president had claimed..
