Addressing a press conference, Nirupam claimed Kamra received Rs 4 crore from donors based in Canada, Australia, the US, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.
As a politician, Nirupam’s career skyrocketed within the Shiv Sena. His nomination for the Rajya Sabha shocked everyone in the political corridors
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam accused NCP SP chief Sharad Pawar of trying to merge NCP with Congress. He also added that the Sr Pawar knows that Supriya Sule will lose the Baramati seat in the election. Watch the video to know more
Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam launched scathing attacks on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on April 8. Sanjay Nirupam said that, the kingpin in whole Khichdi scam is Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson, Sanjay Raut. Watch
In a briefing after his expulsion, the former Congress leader said that currently there are five power centres in the party -- a situation which is completely different from the earlier times
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole earlier declared that the grand-old party has decided to remove Sanjay Nirupam's name from its list of star campaigners. The decision was made following a meeting of the party's campaign committee in Mumbai.
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Polls: Last week, Nirupam criticised his party's leadership for allowing the Sena (UBT) to secure the majority of Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai. The former Mumbai Congress chief also took aim at the candidate nominated by Shiv Sena for Mumbai North West, Amol Kirtikar
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The former MP also cautioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi against coming under pressure in this regard.
Nirupam was defending his absence from Rahul Gandhi's Maharashtra rally when he made these comments.
The fiasco started on October 8, when Rajnath Singh performed a Hindu ritual on the hi-tech aircraft while it was being ceremonially handed over to India
A miffed Nirupam, who had announced on Thursday that he would not campaign for the party in the Assembly polls scheduled for October 21, said the leadership was 'sidelining' him though he had served as Mumbai unit president for four years.
The former MP also said the way the party's leadership was behaving with him the time to say goodbye to the party was 'not far away'.
In one case, the Delhi High Court had quashed the summons issued against Irani in a defamation complaint filed against her by Nirupam.
Addressing a press conference here, Nirupam said being a resident of the constituency for over 25-30 years, he always wanted to represent its people in the Lok Sabha.
The announcement of Nirupam's candidature came on a day he was removed as the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief (MRCC). Former Union minister Milind Deora replaced Nirupam as MRCC chief.
Nirupam, meanwhile, was nominated as the party candidate from the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency.
Mumbai has six parliamentary constituencies, of which the Congress will be contesting in five.
It is unlikely that there could be a major overhaul in the Mumbai Congress just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. However, Sanjay Nirupam might soon find the going tough.
The former Congress MP added that he had conveyed his concerns to Congress President Rahul Gandhi over the matter
The Congress leader said no public consultations were held for the elevated metro lines in suburbs unlike for every station in the island city for the underground Metro 3 line.
Of the 638 voter IDs from the Magathane assembly constituency which he scrutinised, only 182 belonged to genuine voters, while of the 552 voter IDs he got from the Dindoshi constituency, only 290 were genuine, the Congress leader claimed.
According to the sources, the faction, which has questioned Nirupam's leadership, would also meet party president Rahul Gandhi to flag its concerns.
The former MP Sanjay Nirupam also demanded immediate suspension of the then managing director of CIDCO (City Industrial Development Corporation), under whose watch the land deal took place and that of Raigad district collector.
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