Chamisa rubbishes Tsvangirai's claims of a plot to unseat him

MDC-T legislator Nelson Chamisa has rubbished claims by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai that there was a plot to unseat him.

Tsvangirai last week told party supporters in Chitungwiza that some unnamed senior leaders were agitating for a fresh congress, exactly 12 months after the last one with a view to toppling him from power.

But Chamisa said that was not true.

Addressing an MDC-T rally in Kuwadzana East constituency, Harare, on Sunday, Chamisa, who is said to be the chief agitator, said instead of looking for conspiracy theories, leaders should be focused on strengthening the party.

"We have been reading in the newspapers that Chamisa and others want to form a party; that I want to remove the leadership by calling for another congress," he shot back.

"We cannot be perpetually thinking about congresses, people must forget about that and work towards strengthening the party in readiness to take power."