Expulsion action taken after Congress received my resignation letter: Nirupam

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 partyTaking note of complaints of indiscipline and antiparty statements Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late Wednesday night approved Nirupams expulsion from the party for six years with immediate effectOn 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 Good to see such promptnessLooks like immediately after the party received my resignation letter last night they decided to issue my expulsionGood to see the such promptnessJust sharing this infoI will give detail statement today between 1130 to 12 PM pictwittercom3Wil8OaxuEmdash Sanjay Nirupam sanjaynirupam April 4 2024In the letter to Kharge Nirupam said I have finally decided to fulfil your much awaited desire and hereby announce that I chose to resign from the primary membership of the All India Congress CommitteeNirupam 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 pollsThe demand for action against Nirupam grew after he castigated the Maharashtra Congress leadership for ceding constituencies in Mumbai to the Uddhav Thackerayled party during seatsharing talks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA alliance for Lok Sabha elections 2024Sanjay Nirupam was expelled from the Congress for indiscipline and antiparty statements Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal said in a statementTaking note of the complaints of indiscipline and antiparty statements the Honble Congress President has approved the expulsion of Shri Sanjay Nirupam from the party for six years with immediate effect Venugopal said in the statement on Wednesday nightThe partys decision comes after Nirupam was removed from the list of star campaigners for the Congress party in Lok Sabha general elections 2024 earlier in the dayEarlier on Wednesday the Congress dropped Nirupams name as a star campaigner indicating the crisis was escalatingNirupam then launched a sharp attack saying as the party was experiencing a serious financial crisis it should utilise the stationery and energy to save itself apparently alluding to the Income Tax Departments action for tax demand reported PTIThe former MP from Mumbai North had also said the Congress leadership should not allow itself to be armtwisted by the Shiv Sena UBT reported PTIAccepting the Shiv Sena UBTs decision to unilaterally field candidates in Mumbai amounted to allowing the destruction of Congress he had claimed reported PTIA former Shiv Sainik Nirupam quit Shiv Sena in 2005He took up the cause of north Indian hawkers and subsequently made his way into the Congress In 2009 he successfully contested from Mumbai North seatNirupam lost the 2014 elections from the same constituency against BJPs Gopal ShettyWith inputs from PTI