Congress’ Priyanka Chaturvedi hits out at party for taking back goons who ‘threatened’ her
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Congress’ Priyanka Chaturvedi hits out at party for taking back goons who ‘threatened’ her

Priyanka Chaturvedi is upset that alleged associates of Congress’ Mathura candidate Mahesh Pathak, who were suspended for threatening her, have been reinstated.

   
Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi

Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi | @priyankac19 | Twitter

New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi Wednesday spoke out against her party for reinstating persons who had allegedly misbehaved with her.

“Deeply saddened that lumpen goons get prefence [sic] in @incindia over those who have given their sweat & blood. Having faced brickbats & abuse across board for the party but yet those who threatened me within the party getting away with not even a rap on their knuckles is unfortunate,” she tweeted.

Chaturvedi’s phone has been switched off since the tweet, and no Congress leader has been able to get in touch with her, sources said.

What triggered the outburst

According to a party notice, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee reinstated a few people who had been suspended from the party following a complaint from Chaturvedi. The notice said the party had decided to give relief to the leaders at the intervention of the party’s general secretary in-charge of western UP, Jyotiraditya Scindia.

While not much is known about the actual incident, a senior Congress leader told ThePrint that it occurred six months ago, when Chaturvedi had gone to Mathura to address a press conference. The men who threatened her were allegedly close to Mahesh Pathak, now the Congress candidate for Mathura.

“In Mathura, a Congress leader got insecure thinking she would be given a ticket from there since she is from Mathura… So he sent his men to not allow her to address the press conference,” the leader said.

“He thought she was a threat to him. But since these people are close to the candidate, they got reinstated on election eve.”


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‘Congress values her immensely’

The senior leader, however, is confident that Chaturvedi is not a “disgruntled” member of the Congress, and that once she communicates with other leaders, the matter will be resolved.

“The party values her immensely, and will do everything to assuage her,” the leader said.