Former MP Sanjay Nirupam, who was expelled by the Congress on Wednesday, is prone to be a part of the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday, reported The Indian Express. Sanjay Nirupam mentioned he’ll announce his “next course of action” on April 4.
Hours earlier than his expulsion from the Congress occasion, a supply near Sanjay Nirupam advised the newspaper that he could be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai seat, which he’s prone to be provided from Shinde’s Shiv Sena.
“He has taken the choice to give up the Congress and desires to contest from a seat in Mumbai, which is prone to be provided to him by the Shinde Sena,” the supply mentioned.
Sanjay Nirupam wished to contest the elections from the Mumbai North-West seat, however Congress ally, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, declared Amol Kirtikar as its candidate. The BJP-Shiv Shine alliance has not introduced its candidate from the seat but.
Sanjay Nirupam was earlier part of the undivided Shiv Sena and later joined the Congress in 2005. He had contested the Lok Sabha elections 2019 from the Mumbai North-West seat however misplaced to Gajanan Kirtikar of the Shinde Sena.
It is reported that after Nirupam’s statements in opposition to Uddhav Thackeray and his Sena faction, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge authorised Nirupam’s expulsion from the occasion for six years with instant impact. Earlier on Wednesday, the Congress dropped Nirupam’s identify as a star campaigner, indicating that the disaster was escalating.
The Congress later issued an official order expelling Nirupam from the occasion on Wednesday evening, citing indiscipline and anti-party statements as the explanation.
Sanjay Nirupam’s ‘stationary’ attack at Congress
Hours earlier than being expelled from the occasion, the previous Rajya Sabha MP had launched a pointy attack on the Congress saying it ought to utilise the stationery and power to save lots of itself.
“It (Congress) ought to utilise the stationery and power to save lots of itself, because the occasion is experiencing a critical monetary disaster. The time-frame I had given to the occasion ends at the moment. I’ll spell out my subsequent plan of action tomorrow,” Sanjay Nirupam wrote on X (formally Twitter).
The demand for motion in opposition to Nirupam grew after he castigated the Maharashtra Congress management for “ceding” constituencies in Mumbai to the Uddhav Thackeray-led occasion throughout seat-sharing talks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance for Lok Sabha elections.
(With inputs from PTI)
