“It seems Congress party doesn’t want my services anymore. I had recommended just one name in Mumbai for the Assembly election. Heard that even that has been rejected. As I had told the leadership earlier, in that case I will not participate in the poll campaign. Its my final decision,” he wrote in a tweet.
Later when a Twitter user retweeted his post saying that the development is highly unfortunate and Nirupam should not be allowed to leave, the senior Congress leader said hope that day has not come yet. "I hope that the day has not yet come to say good bye to party. But the way leadership is behaving with me, it doesn’t seem far away," Nirupam wrote.
Nirupam's decision not to campaign party in assembly polls might come as a big blow to the Congress which trying to find its lost grounds especially at a time when several of its sitting MLAs in Maharashtra have quit the party to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the assembly polls.
Nirupam, who contest the 2014 assembly elections successfully, is one of the senior leaders of the party with having considerable amount of influence in North Mumbai. However, he made it clear that the day has not come to say goodbye to Congress. But, this was indeed a hint at what could happen in future if situation remains the same.
The Elections Commission of India, earlier this month, announced that both Maharashtra and Harayana will go for assembly elections on October and results for the same will be announced on October 24.