The controversy over fund collection for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's rally at Sevagram in Wardha district on Friday could land Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Manikrao Thakre in trouble. The All India Congress Committe indicated that it was not coming to the rescue of the beleaguered leader, amid questions whether he was off the hook or being proceeded against.
"Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and MPCC chief have made their statements on the issue. We have nothing to say on this matter now," party spokesperson Manish Tewari told mediapersons in New Delhi. If some development takes place further, and the party has any other opinion on the issue, it will give its response when required, he added.
Tewari also parried a question as to whether the party's top leadership was angry with Thakre.The controversy has risen at a time when Sonia Gandhi is in the process of finalising new PCC chiefs for the states after her re-election as Congress president.
The Opposition has been attacking the Congress hammer and tongs over the issue demanding a judicial probe into the matter. The demand was made by Eknath Khadse, leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra
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