Maharashtra: Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat writes to Kharge against Patole

Senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat has written to the partys central leadership citing his inability to work with Maharashtra unit chief Nana Patole due to the latters anger towards him an aide of the former claimed on MondayPatole told reporters in Pune he didnt think Thorat had written any such letter adding he would only be able to comment if he knew this letters contentsIn his letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thorat a former state unit chief and minister has also said he is not being consulted before decisions were being taken here the aide addedThorat in his letter to the Congress leadership has expressed inability to work with state president Nana Patole saying if he Patole holds so much anger against him then it would be difficult to work with him Thorat has also complained of not being consulted while decisions are taken the close aide claimedPatole speaking to reporters said I do not know what letter Thorat saheb has written I can speak on it if the contents are made available to me I dont think Thorat has written any such letterAlso Read Projects that moved away from Maharashtra didnt know govt was set to change CM Eknath ShindePatole added a meeting of the state executive committee of the Congress will be held on February 13 where several issues will be discussed to find solutionsThe matter comes days after then Nashikgraduates constituency MLC Sudhir Tambe who is the brotherinlaw of Thorat declined to contest despite being the Congress official candidate and got his son Satyajit Tambe to fight as an independent Satyajit Tambe won the poll results of which were announced on February 2While the Congress was left redfaced due to the episode the silence of Thorat who is recuperating from a shoulder injury was seen as silent support to the Tambe fatherson duo sources saidWhile Thorat did not take part in the campaign of Satyajit Tambe in the run up to the polls on January 30 several of the formers kin were present The Congress has suspended Sudhir Tambe and Satyajit Tambe from the party for the MLC poll twistThorat has also said he was insulted by the state party leadership and statements were made against his family on the Tambe issue the aide said quoting the letterSome functionaries from Ahmednagar were punished over this issue the letter to Kharge further saidPatole had on January 26 disbanded the Ahmednagar district committee of the Congress for anti party activities as some of its members had reportedly campaigned for Satyajit Tambe instead of the candidate to whom the party had officially extended supportThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever