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.
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.
Senior Congress leader and deputy CM G Parameswara had alleged that BJP is trying to destabilise the government after media reports stated that the chartered plane that flew the rebel MLAs to Mumbai belonged to Jupiter Capital, a firm founded by BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Scindia had announced yesterday that taking responsibility for the party's defeat in the general elections, he has submitted his resignation from the post of general secretary to party president Rahul Gandhi.