'If get sacked, will hire Lawyer from Congress to challenge decision', Sanjay Jha on The Desh Bhakt hours before removal

The Congress Tuesday suspended Sanjay Jha from the party with immediate effect for anti-party activities and breach of discipline. The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee tweeted out a press release announcing his removal signed by Balasaheb Thorat.

The announcement comes hours after Congress removed Sachin Pilot, stripping the dissident leader of the posts of Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and the party’s state unit president.

Jha, who has been backing Sachin Pilot over the Rajasthan government crisis, criticised the Congress on Sunday saying that party didn’t learn from the Madhya Pradesh crisis.

“It is deeply unfortunate that we seem to have learnt little from the Madhya Pradesh catastrophe. Since the Lok Sabha defeat in 2019, we have meekly surrendered Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and allowed our state units in Gujarat, etc., to weaken. It is imperative that the Rajasthan crisis is resolved at the earliest,” Jha said.

Appearing in podcast of The Desh Bhakt hours before his removal, Jha in dicussion with the show host, Akash Banerjee said he shall hire Lawyer from Congress only to challenge the decision if Congress sacked him.

He said, "If I am sacked from Congress, I will legally challenge the decision, because I have done nothing that is anti-party."

Earlier in June, he was removed from the post of party spokesperson after he wrote a newspaper article critical of the party.

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