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Congress divided over support to shiv Sena for Mumbai Mayor post

There seems to be a clear division in the Congress party over the issue of extending support to the Shiv Sena for the post of Mumbai Mayor.

India TV Politics Desk India TV Politics Desk Mumbai Published on: February 25, 2017 17:46 IST
Gurudas Kamat
Congress divided over support to Shiv Sena for Mumbai Mayor post

There seems to be a clear division in the Congress party over the issue of extending support to the Shiv Sena for the post of Mumbai Mayor.

Shiv Sena  and BJP are vying with each other to grab  the prestigious Mumbai Mayor post after  a hung house was thrown up in elections to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation, India’s richest civic body. 

Shiv Sena’s tally in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) rose to 87 as three independent corporators joined the party on Friday.

AICC General Secretary and senior most Congress leader Gurudas Kamat raised "strong objections" to even any discussion of a tie-up or indirect support to the Shiv Sena in the BMC.

"We have fought against both saffron parties all along for their divisive policies and people will not spare us if we attempt to align with them," Kamat said in a strongly-worded statement.

"I have also informed Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi of my (this) opinion. I take strong objection to any discussion, even of having any tie-up or indirect support to the Shiv Sena in the BMC," the former Union Minister added.

He said it should left to the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party to sort out their problems and in the process "expose themselves and their lust for power".

Kamat's bombshell came a day after back-end efforts were believed to be underway in Maharashtra Congress to prop up the Shiv Sena for bagging the crucial post of Mayor if its tie-up with the BJP failed to materialize.

(With PTI inputs)

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