A day after his expulsion late Wednesday night, former MP Sanjay Nirupam lashed out at the Congress leadership and told his detractors that he would contest the Lok Sabha elections and win from Mumbai. Nirupam is interested in contesting from Mumbai North West where he had been preparing to be the Congress candidate, but MVA ally Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded Amol Kirtikar from there.

He is most likely to join either Shiv Sena (Shinde) or the BJP. Nirupam had sent his resignation before he was expelled late Wednesday night. He had infuriated the Congress leadership with his criticism that it had written the party’s obituary by ceding five seats in the city, including Mumbai North West, where he had contested in 2019 and prepared to fight again. He reiterated on Thursday that the Congress had five power centres.