Overview
- AICC moved against the MLC after he publicly urged Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad to resign over the party’s BMC performance.
- The notice, issued under Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and served by Mumbai in-charge U B Venkatesh, faults Jagtap for airing grievances outside party forums.
- It warns that failure to provide a satisfactory reply within seven days could trigger disciplinary action.
- Congress won 24 BMC seats after contesting 152, down from 31 in 2017, which Hindustan Times noted as the party’s lowest tally in the city.
- Mumbai Congress leaders defended the campaign and alleged the ruling Mahayuti alliance leveraged the police, administration and election machinery to its advantage.