A day after he was suspended from the party citing ‘anti-party activities,’ senior Congress leader and party’s former national spokesperson Sanjay Jha on Wednesday, 15 July, took to Twitter to say that his loyalty isn’t to ‘a family or an individual’ and that the battle has just begun.
“My loyalty is to the Congress ideology. My fidelity is not to any individual or family. I remain a Gandhi-Nehruvian idealist (a vanishing breed within Congress). I will continue to raise issues that are fundamental to the resurgence of my party. The battle has just begun,” he tweeted.
Jha on Tuesday was suspended from Congress with immediate effect "for anti-party activities and breach of discipline, a communique shared by ANI said.
The action against Jha comes after he was sacked as the national spokesperson of the party last month.
Earlier on Tuesday, Jha had tweeted in favour of rebel Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy CM, Sachin Pilot, suggesting that it was Pilot’s hard work that made them win the 2018 state elections, for which he was just given a “performance bonus.”
Earlier in the day, he also suggested that Sachin Pilot should be made the chief minister of Rajasthan. He also said that Ashok Gehlot was “rewarded” by the party despite delivering just 21 seats in the 2013 Rajasthan elections.
Tweets by Jha over several months and his interactions with media houses have reflected his thoughts on the need of introspection by the Congress party and its functioning.
After he was fired as the party spokesperson last month, Jha had taken to Twitter back then to change his bio that read, “Congressi by DNA. Sacked as National Spokesperson for writing: ‘India needs a reawakened and revitalized Congress, ready to win the second freedom struggle’”.
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