New Delhi:
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole stated right now that senior celebration chief Balasaheb Thorat has not despatched any resignation letter. The stories of his resignation and a rift inside the celebration are media creations masterminded by the BJP, made to “divert consideration from the Congress victories within the Legislative Council elections”.
In an unique interview with NDTV, Mr Patole stated, “He has despatched no letter. There was no such improvement. It is a media creation… The Congress has received in Nagpur and Amravati, which had been BJP bastions. So the BJP is creating such information to divert consideration from it”.
Yesterday, sources near Mr Thorat stated he despatched his resignation letter on February 2 to the Central management of the celebration, conveying that it was changing into troublesome to work with Nana Patole.
Within the letter to celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr Thorat stated he was not being consulted earlier than selections had been taken, reported information company Press Belief of India, quoting un-named aides.
Earlier right now, Mr Thorat resigned from the submit of chief of the Maharashtra Congress legislature celebration. His transfer got here after the suspension of his kinfolk Sudhir Tambe and his son Satyajit Tambe.
Sudhir Tambe, named because the celebration’s official candidate for the Legislative Council elections, had refused to contest. His son contested as an Unbiased and received.
Mr Thorat has apparently stated he was insulted, statements had been made in opposition to his household on the (Tambe) concern, and Mr Patole had a hand in that.
Mr Patole has denied the “soiled politics” allegations.
The Tambes, he stated, have back-stabbed the celebration and the BJP is now claiming that Satyajit Tambe received with their help. The ruling alliance didn’t subject a candidate in opposition to Mr Tambe. The motion in opposition to them was taken after an investigation “ordered by the excessive command,” he added.
Requested if there was any dialogue with Mr Thorat on the candidature of Satyajit Tambe, Mr Patole stated Tambe junior “had not sought a ticket within the first place”.
“How can we give a ticket to him if he has not sought one. And in case the boy confirmed an curiosity, they need to have instructed us. We may have made a fast change,” Mr Patole instructed NDTV, declaring that “fights inside the household” ought to be dealt with correctly so it does not have an effect on the celebration.
Requested if efforts had been being made to achieve out to Mr Thorat, Mr Patole stated he has already tried and can name the senior chief tonight.
The rift inside the state Congress comes shortly after Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra handed by means of Maharashtra. Whereas the celebration had put up a united entrance on the time, the following developments have performed into the palms of the BJP, which has been claiming that Mr Gandhi would have performed higher to carry a “Congress Jodo” yatra.
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