Sanjay Jha has been suspended from the Congress, with immediate effect, for “anti-party activities and breach of discipline”.
The notice, issued late Tuesday by Maharashtra Congress and signed by Balasaheb Thorat, chief of the party’s state unit, came shortly after Mr Jha appeared on NDTV’s “Left, Right and Centre”.
“Nothing surprises me. What are the anti-party activities I indulged in? The least the Congress could have done was to approach me,” Mr Jha told NDTV in his immediate reaction to the suspension.
“We are showing an extremely intolerant culture,” he said, adding, “I’ve always maintained that until we get our internal democracy right we will struggle to become a serious political contestant to the BJP”.
Minutes later Mr Jha changed his Twitter bio to read:
“Congressi by DNA. Sacked as National Spokesperson for writing: ‘India needs a reawakened and revitalized Congress, ready to win the second freedom struggle’.”
The Congress’s action comes amid chaos in Rajasthan, where the Ashok Gehlot government is teetering on the edge of collapse after Sachin Pilot’s open revolt.
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