Urmila Matondkar reveals how few Cong leaders 'sabotaged' her campaign

New Delhi: One and half months after Urmila Matondkar suffered a crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, the actress turned politician scathing letter to Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora highlighting how some Congress leaders sabotaged her campaign has come into light. According to Urmila, she had written the letter just after polling and before the exit polls and the actual results were declared.

In a point by point letter, Matondkar in painstaking details have listed out how systematically some Congress leaders refused to cooperate with her, didn't help her in campaign and even ensured that Mallikarjun Kharge's programme, who came to stump for her didn't go smoothly.

After her letter got leaked to the media, the actress turned politician issued a statement saying, "At the outset, it's extremely unfortunate that a confidential letter containing privileged communication should be made public. There are issues to be sorted in every party. I've joined congress with no personal interest/agenda except to serve my country. I've addressed the letter at the behest of the Mumbai President with sole intention to bring about betterment in the party. It is extremely significant to note and I wish to highlight that that this letter was written way before the election results or even the exit polls..showing only my integrity, sincerity and commitment to party interest. "

The complete lack of coordination and effort to pull their weight behind the Mumbai North candidate Urmila Matondkar also continued on polling day, alleges the actor. She has particularly highlighted work (or lack of it) of two leaders including her campaign coordinator and have asked Milind Deora to take strong action against them.

Matondkar lost by over 4.65 lakh votes to BJP's Gopal Shetty from Mumbai North. So it is doubtful how much campaign would have helped her to turn the tide, but the actor who is a relative newcomer in politics has certainly exposed the rot in the Congress political system which has lead them to second consecutive drubbing in general elections.

(With inputs from DNA)