Congress suspends Sanjay Jha from party for 'anti-party activities and breach of discipline'

Mumbai: Former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha has been suspended from the party for “anti-party activities and breach of discipline”, the party’s Maharashtra unit said on Tuesday. Maharashtra Congress made the announcement on their Twitter handle.

Shri Sanjay Jha has been suspended from the Congress Party with immediate effect for anti-party activities and breach of discipline. pic.twitter.com/TaT0gWbCc7

— Maharashtra Congress (@INCMaharashtra) July 14, 2020

The entrepreneur-turned-politician’s suspension from the Congress comes weeks after he wrote a newspaper article critical of the country’s oldest political party. Jha has been suspended with immediate effect for “anti-party activities and breach of discipline”, Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat said in a statement. Thorat is also a minister in the state, where the Congress is part of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition. Soon after the article appeared in a leading English daily last month, the Congress had removed Jha as a party spokesperson. 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.

For five years Sachin Pilot gave his blood , tears, toil and sweat for the Congress party between 2013-18. The Congress came back from a wretched 21 seats to 100.

We just gave him a performance bonus. We are so meritocratic. We are so transparent.

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) July 14, 2020

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