In yet another blow to the Congress before elections, former MP and ex-Mumbai president Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday announced his decision to not participate in the party’s election campaign for the assembly polls to be held on October 21.
“It seems Congress party doesn’t want my services anymore. I had recommended just one name in Mumbai for Assembly election. Heard that even that has been rejected. As I had told the leadership earlier, in that case I will not participate in poll campaign. Its my final decision,” Mr. Nirupam tweeted on Thursday evening.
When asked him whether he will quit the party, Mr. Nirupam said, “I hope that the day has not yet come to say good bye to party. But the way leadership is behaving with me, it doesn’t seem far away.”
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In the Lok Sabha polls as well, Mr. Nirupam was shunted out from his Mumbai president post, a few weeks before and the reigns were handed over to Milind Deora. Incidentally, Mr. Deora had resigned from the post after the party’s rout in the elections.
According to sources, Mr. Nirupam had sought a ticket in Mumbai’s Versova constituency for his supporter.