Congress suspends three rebels contesting assembly seats in Pune

THE Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday suspended three of its rebel candidates who are contesting from three assembly seats in Pune city. The party said the three have been suspended from the primary membership of the party for a period of six years.

The three who have been suspended include Aba Bagul, who has rebelled in Parvati assembly constituency where NCP (SP) candidate Ashwini Kadam is contesting, Kamal Vyavahare who has rebelled in Kasba Peth seat against party candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, and Manish Anand who has rebelled against Congress’s atta Bahirat in Shivajinagar constituency.

Maharashtra Congress chief spokesperson Atul Londhe told The Indian Express, “All those who have rebelled against MVA candidates across Maharashtra have been suspended for a period of six years. They were earlier asked to support official MVA candidates but they refused to budge.”

Kamal Vyavahare, one of the rebels, said she has already forwarded her resignation to the party. Manish Anand too said he quit the Congress on November 1.