Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Sanjay Nirupam sacked the Content Editor of the party mouthpiece 'Congress Darshan' Sudhir Joshi this evening. He was also forced to express deep regrets for the goof up in the article published on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The controversial article was published in this month's issue of Hindi edition of the journal as a tribute piece to mark Patel's death anniversary on December 15. The issue also contained some controversial statements regarding Congress President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi's father.<br/><br/>Earlier, Mr. Nirupam, who is the Chief Editor of the mouthpiece megazine, said he was not involved in the day-to-day functioning of the magazine. He further said that he did not agree with the article. As the Congress celebrated its 131st Foundation Day today, the article published by the party's Mumbai unit caused a stir as it blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet.<br/><br/>The article states that Nehru should have listened to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's views on international affairs. It further says that If Nehru had embraced Patel's foresight, many problems in international affairs would not have arisen. <br/><br/>The article cites a letter that Patel reportedly wrote in 1950 to caution Nehru against China's policy towards Tibet and mentions that Patel described China as unfaithful and a future enemy of India. If he had been heard then, the problems of Kashmir, China, Tibet and Nepal wouldn't have existed now, stated the article.

Unconfirmed reports say content editor of Mumbai Cong journal Sudhir Joshi has been sacked. Meanwhile Mumbai Cong chief Sanjay Nirupam has apologises for articles in the party journal criticising Nehru and Sonia.