A former Congress MLA has claimed that politician Arvinder Singh Lovely, who resigned from the party's chief post from its Delhi unit on Sunday, would join the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Former MLA Asif Mohammad Khan told the media that BJP will field Lovely from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat by canceling Harsh Malhotra's nomination.
“There may be differences within the party. If Lovely was disappointed and wanted to resign, he should have quietly gone to Mallikarjun Kharge ji and resigned. If his intentions were not bad, he would have quietly tendered his resignation. In In a sense, he has done that. I can say this: in Harsh Malhotra's place, Lovely will be declared candidate in one or two days,” Khan said.
However, Lovely made it clear to the media that he was not joining any other political party.
Will Arvinder Singh Lovely join BJP? This is what he said
“I have only resigned as Congress chief in Delhi and am not joining any political party,” he added.
Lovely's resignation is a major setback for the embattled Congress party amid the Lok Sabha polls. Lovely said he was against the Congress-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alliance and the statements of Congress candidates Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj.
In his letter sent to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely also said he was “handicapped” as all unanimous decisions taken by senior unit leaders in Delhi were “unilaterally vetoed” by AICC Delhi chief Deepak Babaria.
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Meanwhile, the BJP has also reacted to Lovely's resignation. The saffron party said it was an “unnatural alliance” forged by the AAP and Congress leadership to “protect their corruption” but their party workers had not accepted this.
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AAP leader Bharadwaj said it was an internal matter of the Congress. “It is not appropriate for me to comment on the matter. AAP is fighting with full force for the four seats it is contesting and we are hopeful that people will vote for INDIA bloc candidates in all seven seats in Delhi,” he said. said.
Lovely also resigned as Delhi Congress president in 2015. He joined the BJP in 2017 but returned to the Congress almost nine months later.
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Published: Apr 29, 2024 06:56 IST