Mumbai: Sudhir Joshi, the content editor of Mumbai Congress journal 'Congress Darshan', has been sacked for an article which criticized India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and also wrote against the current party president Sonia Gandhi.
In a major embarrassment for the Congress on its 131st foundation day, an article in the party's Mumbai mouthpiece criticised Nehru for the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet. The article states that Nehru should have listened to freedom fighter and former home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's views on international affairs.
Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who is editor of the mouthpiece, had promised action after he came under the scanner for the faux pas. "We accept the mistake was made in the article. Action will be taken against the writer," Nirupam had said.
Congress also tried to cap the controversy with senior party leader Salman Khurshid clarifying on the goof up. He lauded Nehru's role in the freedom struggle and added that the All India Congress Committee would look into the article.
Even as the controversy erupted, Sonia Gandhi led the Celebrations at Congress headquarters in Delhi. The December edition of the mouthpiece also focuses on her. While it avoids the issue of her foreign origin, it discusses her early life in detail.
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