New Delhi:
In a major setback for the Congress party, two of its leaders and observers for two Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh, have resigned from the party.
The two leaders, in separate letters to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, largely blamed the Congress AAP alliance for their exit from the parties.
Neeraj Basoya, former MLA and party observer for West Delhi parliamentary seat, has said, “I am addressing this communication to you as I am aggrieved by the party's alliance with the AAP in Delhi. I have humbly stated that the said alliance discredits and embarrasses the Congress workers of Delhi on a daily basis. And I believe that as a self-respecting party leader I can no longer be associated with the party.'
“I hereby tender my resignation from all party posts and primary membership of the party. I thank Smt Sonia Gandhi Ji for giving every opportunity to a common man like me in the last 30 years,” Basoya said in the May 1 letter. .
Naseeb Singh, former MLA and party observer for North West Delhi, has expressed his fears over the appointment of Davinder Yadav as Delhi Congress chief.
He said in his letter, “Davinder Yadav has so far waged a campaign in Punjab based solely on attacking Arvind Kejriwal's false agenda and today he will be given the mandate in Delhi to praise AAP and its CM Arvind Kejriwal and to support.”
The two resignations from the party come close on the heels of veteran Congress leader Arvind Singh Lovely stepping down as Delhi unit chief over strong differences with the central leadership.
Delhi will go to the Lok Sabha elections on May 25.
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