Sanjay Nirupam takes a jibe at Cong, says 'expulsion came after party received my resignation'

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Mumbai: Former MP Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress leadership over his expulsion, claiming it was done after he sent his resignation letter to the party...

Taking note of complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late Wednesday evening approved Nirupams expulsion from the party for six years with immediate effect...

On Thursday morning, former Mumbai Congress chief Nirupam in a post on X said, Looks like, immediately after the party received my resignation letter last night, they decided to issue my expulsion..

Nirupam, who was eyeing the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency, was miffed with the party for allowing the Shiv Sena (UBT) to take the seat for the upcoming parliamentary polls...

The demand for action against Nirupam grew after he castigated the Maharashtra Congress leadership for ceding constituencies in Mumbai to the Uddhav Thackeray-led party during seat-sharing talks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for Lok Sabha elections...

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