Mumbai Congress groups fight over Rahul tour schedule

January 13, 2016 09:04

Differences within the Congress's Mumbai unit were out in the open when two MLAs and their supporters squabbled over the route and programme for the two-day visit of party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

The groups led by legislators Arif Naseem Khan and Aslam Shaikh almost came to blows at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, the party's city unit office at Azad Maidan, where a meeting was convened to decide the schedule for Gandhi's visit on January 15 and 16.

The Congress vice-president will address party leaders at the Azad Maidan office, lead a protest march from Bandra to Dharavi to highlight high electricity tariff in the city, meet students at NM College and hold a rally, according to the itinerary prepared by the Mumbai unit.

The programme covers five parliamentary constituencies in the city but leaves out the North-East seat, which was once represented by Gurudas Kamat. This triggered the fight between the two groups.

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