MPCC chief Patole hits out at MVA ally Sanjay Raut
The Hindu
Patole’s row with senior Congressman and former State Minister Balasaheb Thorat had caused the latter to resign as Congress Legislative Party leader.
Amid the raging feud within the Maharashtra Congress, the party’s State unit (MPCC) chief Nana Patole on Wednesday hit out at his ally, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut, sharply remarking that the Congress had not appointed Mr. Raut as its spokesperson to comment on the party’s internal matters.
Mr. Patole’s sabre-rattling with senior Congressman and former State Minister Balasaheb Thorat caused the latter to resign from his post as Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader, especially after the recent fiasco over the Nashik Legislative Council (MLC) poll in which Mr. Thorat’s nephew Satyajeet Tambe won a thumping majority but was ‘forced’ to compete as an Independent instead as the Congress’ candidate.
The Tambe family has alleged a conspiracy on part of Mr. Patole and some other Congress leaders to defame them as well as Mr. Thorat. Sena (UBT) leader Raut, too, commiserated with Mr. Tambe and said he had received a raw deal and had been treated unfairly.
“Mr. Raut is not the Congress’ spokesperson and I am not aware if Mr. Thorat has appointed him to be his [Mr. Thorat’s] spokesman,” said Mr. Patole, stressing that there was no factionalism within Congress but that the issue over Tambe family and Mr. Thorat was a “family problem”.
He further said that internal issues would be sorted out at the State Congress Committee’s meeting on February 15 where Mr. Thorat had been invited as well.
“This is a family feud, not a fight within the Congress… but the BJP still cannot accept its defeat in the recent Maharashtra Legislative Council polls and hence is trying to spread misinformation about the Congress through the BJP-controlled media,” alleged Mr. Patole.
He said that strategies for winning the upcoming Kasba Peth and Chinchwad Assembly byelections would be discussed at the February 15 Congress Working Committee meet.
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