Urmila Matondkar, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North constituency, had written a letter dated May 16 to Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora criticising the conduct of two close associates of Sanjay Nirupam.
Moreover, as the ED, which is probing the case simultaneously, tightened its noose on the IMA Ponzi scheme, Congress' involvement in the scam started surfacing
Congress, as it continues to fight for its relevance and existence at the national level, is struggling to keep the power in the states it had recently formed coalition governments in.
In a sensational incident, teak smugglers in Brahmanwada Thadi village of Maharashtra launched an attack on the local crime branch of the police that had come to arrest them.