After sounding rebellious tone on Friday, former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Sunday took on senior party leaders and said he was certain that the party was going to lose in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections. Speaking to Zee Media, Nirupam reiterated that he won't campaign for the Congress in Maharashtra. Naming former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and former MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, Nirpuam said Congress cannot succeed without getting rid of these leaders. He added that there were some other leaders in the All India Congress Committee (AICC) who need to be removed if the Congress were to succeed in any election. In a show of support to former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, Nirupam said he needed to be brought back to the party-fold for the benefit of the Congress. Nirupam had on Friday led a scathing attack on the party brass saying that people who used to conspire against Rahul Gandhi are running the party today. He did not name anyone but said the same people sitting in the AICC were misleading the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. He claimed that the manner in which the selection of candidates has been done in Mumbai, the Congress will win in three to four seats while on the remaining seats it will lose its deposit. GET THEM OUT Naming former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Lok Sabha MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sanjay Nirpuam said Congress cannot succeed without getting rid of these leaders Zee Media Newsroom

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