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Congress workers vandalise party office in Pune after MLA denied berth

On Monday, condemning the Congress leadership for being corrupt, 20 corporators who support Thopte, tendered their resignation and staged a protest after the cabinet expansion.

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The damaged Congress party office seen in Bhor, Pune

The damaged Congress party office seen in Bhor, Pune

Upset over their leader, three-time MLA Sangram Thopate not getting a cabinet berth in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, Congress supporters vandalised the party office in Pune's Bhor constituency on Tuesday.

On Monday, condemning the Congress leadership for being corrupt, 20 corporators who support Thopte, tendered their resignation and staged a protest after the cabinet expansion. Thopate, the son of former Congress minister Anantrao Thopate, is a known Congress loyalist. After being denied a berth, Thopate and his family agitated on Monday. On Tuesday evening, around 20 to 30 members of the Youth Congress threw stones at the party office and vandalised it using bamboo sticks.

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