Maharashtra Congress has suspended former spokesperson Sanjay Jha from the party “with immediate effect for anti-party activities and breach of discipline”. Mr. Jha was vocal on Twitter in his support for Mr. Pilot. State Congress president Balasaheb Thorat signed the suspension order.
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The move comes on a day when party sacked Sachin Pilot from the post of deputy CM and State president of Rajasthan.
"For five years Sachin Pilot gave his blood , tears, toil and sweat for the Congress party between 2013-18. The Congress came back from a wretched 21 seats to 100. We just gave him a performance bonus. We are so meritocratic. We are so transparent," he had tweeted.
