'Congress Has Surrendered To Allies': Sanjay Nirupam On Kanhaiya, Pappu Yadav Bihar Bandh Snub

Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 23:17 IST

Nirupam said that insulting its own leaders had become a new pattern in Congress and warned that others would face the same treatment

Kanhaiya Kumar and Pappu Yadav were allegedly stopped by security from boarding Rahul Gandhi’s van during the ‘Bihar Bandh’ protest today. (PTI photos)

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam on Wednesday took a sharp dig at the Congress, accusing the party of humiliating its own leaders under pressure from its allies. His remarks came after NSUI national in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar and Independent MP Pappu Yadav were allegedly stopped by security personnel from boarding Rahul Gandhi’s van during the Mahagathbandhan’s ‘Bihar Bandh’ protest earlier in the day.

Criticising the Congress, Nirupam likened the treatment of Kanhaiya Kumar and Pappu Yadav during the Bihar protest to his own experience last year. “Under pressure from RJD, Congress today publicly humiliated Pappu Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar. Exactly the same way Congress central leaders, under pressure from UBaTha, harassed me last year," he wrote on X.

The Shiv Sena leader went on to say that the Congress had become helpless and had surrendered to its coalition partners, adding “its own political ground is almost nonexistent."

He further said that insulting its own leaders had become a new pattern in the party and warned that others would face the same treatment in due course.

The protest in Patna was part of the INDIA bloc’s demonstration against the Election Commission’s decision to conduct a special voter list revision in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav were addressing the crowd at the time when security personnel prevented Kanhaiya Kumar and Pappu Yadav from boarding the van leading the march.

A video circulating on social media shows both attempting to climb aboard but being held back by guards.

Caught in the crowd, Pappu Yadav stumbled and injured his foot. He later told ANI that while he had fallen and been hurt, he did not consider it an insult. He noted, “Nothing is greater than the public; it is acceptable to be insulted for them, not just once but even a million times."

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