Hardik Patel resigned from the Congress last month after mailing Sonia Gandhi a scathing resignation letter.
The new ED summonses issued to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congressman Rahul Gandhi have sparked a verbal spat between the ruling BJP and the opposition party.
"The appointment of an outsider, Imran Pratapgarhi, from the Maharashtra quota as a Rajya Sabha member is depressing. Such a move is counterproductive to the state's expansion. It is unjust to state-employed party workers "Ashish Deshmukh penned the piece.