

Calling a local, almost defunct magazine as 'Congress mouthpiece' is disingenuous. Request @ndtv to correct that @bdutt #JoblessSarkar

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) December 28, 2015



So Sudhir Joshi sacked..?? What happened to free speech here? Any #awardwapasi protest for this? What say @AnupamPkher ?

— Mahesh Venk (@maheshvs) December 28, 2015



There were loud noises from congress leaders when Kirti Azad was suspended .Where are all ostriches now when Sudhir Joshi is suspended ?

— Dr Sunanda Bal (@Drsunandambal) December 28, 2015



Criticising Nehru Sonia makes Sudhir Joshi to lose his job! And Congress lectures about FoE! #sudhirjoshi

— Dr. Swetha Patil (@swethapatil13) December 28, 2015



Sanjay Nirupam says that he will rectify the mistake ! By altering history ? Can't spit out nor swallow !

— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) December 28, 2015



Writers,filmmakers who r truly against censorship and for freedom of speech should highlight this action of firing Sudhir Joshi (editor)

— ashish shelar (@ShelarAshish) December 28, 2015



Sudhir Joshi to his close friends - "Thank God I don't have to serve my notice period!"

— vas (@v2l2b2) December 28, 2015



Meanwhile, award wapsi gang recollecting their awards to protest on Sudhir Joshi incident. pic.twitter.com/qHIoc2oUKN

— मैत्रेय (@maeitrey) December 28, 2015



Sudhir Joshi sacked. #CONgressDarshan disowned. @sanjayNirupam on defensive. But no one, yes no one, refuted what the Article spoke about

— Suresh En (@surnell) December 28, 2015

Celebrations made way for clarifications on the Congress’ 131st Foundation Day on Monday, with the party being accused of intolerance for its decision to sack an editor of its Mumbai journal over articles criticising former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and party president Sonia Gandhi.Articles in the December issue of Congress Darshan questioned Nehru’s decisions on Kashmir, China and Tibet, and said that he should have listened more closely to his home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's views on international affairs. Another article said Sonia Gandhi's father was a fascist soldier in Italy.The party's attempts to downplay the controversy went in vain.While Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam apologised for the articles and said that some of the words used were objectionable, national spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi tried to defuse the situation by insisting that the almost-defunct magazine was not a party mouthpiece. However, her comments backfired soon after, when Sudhir Joshi, the content editor of Congress Darshan, was sacked Accustomed to beating the Bharatiya Janata Party with the stick of intolerance in recent months, the Congress found itself on the receiving end this time. Social media users were quick to note the hypocrisy on the part of the Congress, which just days earlier had criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party for suspending party MP Kirti Azad for “anti-party activities”. Azad had alleged irregularities in the working of the Delhi and District Cricket Association during Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's tenure as its president.It was also pointed out that the Congress had not rejected any of the views in the article.