MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress leaders expressed their displeasure over Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's criticism of Rahul Gandhi and the party in Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana.
Earlier, Sanjay Raut had called the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) an NGO and demanded that NCP chief Sharad Pawar should be made chairman of UPA instead of Sonia Gandhi. Raut had also said that the UPA lacked influencing and dedicated leaders like Amit Shah and Narendra Modi.
Maharashtra Congress leader Ashok Chavan said that the Sena is a regional party and they had no alliance with Sena at the national level. “Our alliance with Shiv Sena is limited to Maharashtra therefore they should not comment and teach us what Congress should do or not do? We are capable of taking our own decisions,” Chavan said.
Another Congress leader Nasim Khan said that they will not tolerate any negative remark against Congress president Sonia Gandhi. “Sonia Gandhi is president of UPA and she will remain in the future also. The government in Maharashtra was formed on a common minimum agenda that has to be honoured by the Uddhav Thackeray government. It is not the only responsibility of the Congress to run the government, but the chief minister also has to take all parties that are part of this government,” Nasim Khan said.