NEW DELHI: A day after being removed from the Mumbai Youth Congress president post, Zeeshan Siddiqui shot off a fiery salvo at his party on Thursday, claiming that during Bharat Jodo Yatra a person from Rahul Gandhi‘s close circle asked him to lose 10 kgs before they could let him meet the Congress scion.
Recalling the incident that occurred in Maharastra’s Nanded on the sidelines of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Zeeshan said, “During the previous ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Nanded, I was told by one of the persons close to Rahul Gandhi that I should lose 10kgs before they could let me meet him.”
Congress removed Zeeshan Siddique from the post after his father Baba Siddique, who remained in Congress for nearly 50 years, resigned and joined Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In a press conference on Thursday, Zeeshan called his removal from the post “unfortunate”.
Junior Siddique went on a verbal tirade and made vitriolic claims against the Congress party.
He lashed out at the grand old party over its treatment of minorities while accusing it of being “communal”.
“The treatment being meted out to minority leaders and workers in the Congress is unfortunate. The extent of communalism in the Congress and Mumbai Youth Congress is unlike anywhere else. Is it a sin to be a Muslim in the Congress? The party has to answer why am I being targeted? Is it only because I am a Muslim?”
Zeeshan also alleged that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge “can’t even discharge his responsibilities with full freedom” in the party, adding that it appears people around Rahul Gandhi have taken “supari” to finish off the party.
“Malliakrjun Kharge is such a senior leader but even his hands are tied. Rahul Gandhi is doing his job but it looks as if people around him have taken a ‘supari’ (contract) from other parties to finish off the Congress,” he alleged.
Zeeshan was removed from the post of Mumbai Youth Congress President on Wednesday.
Recalling the incident that occurred in Maharastra’s Nanded on the sidelines of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Zeeshan said, “During the previous ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Nanded, I was told by one of the persons close to Rahul Gandhi that I should lose 10kgs before they could let me meet him.”
Congress removed Zeeshan Siddique from the post after his father Baba Siddique, who remained in Congress for nearly 50 years, resigned and joined Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In a press conference on Thursday, Zeeshan called his removal from the post “unfortunate”.
Junior Siddique went on a verbal tirade and made vitriolic claims against the Congress party.
He lashed out at the grand old party over its treatment of minorities while accusing it of being “communal”.
“The treatment being meted out to minority leaders and workers in the Congress is unfortunate. The extent of communalism in the Congress and Mumbai Youth Congress is unlike anywhere else. Is it a sin to be a Muslim in the Congress? The party has to answer why am I being targeted? Is it only because I am a Muslim?”
Zeeshan also alleged that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge “can’t even discharge his responsibilities with full freedom” in the party, adding that it appears people around Rahul Gandhi have taken “supari” to finish off the party.
“Malliakrjun Kharge is such a senior leader but even his hands are tied. Rahul Gandhi is doing his job but it looks as if people around him have taken a ‘supari’ (contract) from other parties to finish off the Congress,” he alleged.
Zeeshan was removed from the post of Mumbai Youth Congress President on Wednesday.
(With ANI inputs)