Mumbai Congress chief, Sanjay Nirupam had later said that he was unaware of the content that had been published in the said edition.
Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam appears to be in for trouble with the party high command seeking an explanation from him over the issue of articles in a party journal slamming former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and terming Sonia Gandhi's father a "fascist soldier".
The Disciplinary Action Committee of All India Congress Committee (AICC) headed by senior leader AK Antony has issued a show-cause notice to Mr Nirupam in the wake of the controversy.
Committee sources said that the Mumbai leader has been asked to respond within a few days over the articles in the magazine 'Congress Darshan'.
Senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Sushil Kumar Shinde are members of the committee while Motilal Vora is its member-secretary.
An embarrassed Congress had last month distanced itself from its "defunct" mouthpiece in Mumbai as some articles in it criticised Pandit Nehru's Kashmir policy and alleged that Mrs Gandhi's father was a "fascist soldier".
Miffed with the editorial, the party had forced its editor and Mr Nirupam to apologise for the gaffe. Sudhir Joshi, who looked after its editorial content,
was sacked from the job.An unsigned write-up in the Mumbai unit's journal, coinciding with the party's 131st foundation day, had blamed Pandit Nehru for "the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet" even as another article made controversial remarks about Sonia.
Mr Nirupam had later said that he was unaware of the content that had been published in the said edition.
Recently, some Mumbai Congress leaders, including AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat, had met Mrs Gandhi and
complained about the matter.
Washing its hands of the journal, Congress had earlier said that the party had appointed Mr Nirupam as Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) chief and not editor of any magazine.
Soon after the controversy broke, there had been murmurs
questioning Mr Nirupam's "intention". A former Shiv Sainik, he rose fast through Congress ranks after joining the party.