Sacked Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam says party structure destroyed by ‘5 power centres’

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New Delhi:Maharashtras expelled Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam tore into the party Thursday, accusing its leaders of tremendous arrogance and fostering power centres that constantly clashed with each other...

Speaking at a press conference in Mumbai, the former parliamentarian, who was sacked from the party Wednesday for indiscipline and anti-party statements, added that the Congress ranks had ideologically and structurally disintegrated...

Woh apne dhang se apna power exert karte rehte hai (then there is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who exerts power in her own way)Then there is party president Mallikarjun Kharge, whose followers have suddenly become the high command even though they are ignorant of politics..

Nirupam came in the crosshairs of the partys state leadership for recent remarks targeting party ally and Maha Vikas Aghadi member Shiv Sena (UBT) in the state...

The former MP from Mumbai North, Nirupam, had hit out at the state leadership after the Shiv Sena (UBT) declared candidates for four out of six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, including the Mumbai North West seat, which Nirupam was believed to be eyeing..

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