Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely on Sunday resigned as head of the party's Delhi unit. After his resignation, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said Lovely resigned as he was hurt as the party continued to struggle to restore its “old reputation in Delhi”.
“Becoming president of Congress is a crown of thorns. Despite this, he has been working hard and building the party for the last six to eight months… Everyone felt that Congress is slowly waking up and if we get two or three seats, it seems that if we give seats to people with the consent of all the people in the Congress, the work will be better in the future…,” Dikshit said.
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AAP, which has an alliance with the Congress, termed Lovely's departure from the chief post an “internal matter”.
“Congress is our alliance partner and this is the internal issue of the party. Therefore, I believe it is better that they (Congress) speak about it,” Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said.
Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam called Lovely a “patriot” and added, “Nobody wants to stay in Congress; no patriot wants to be in Congress. The Congress has become anti-national along with anti-Sanatan.”
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BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla has also criticized the Congress party following Lovely's resignation from the party's chief post. “The Congress had complained about the AAP's involvement in the liquor scam. But they have come together only for political reasons, which does not mean that the voters will come together… Today, Congress is unable to retain its leaders because its own leaders are showing the mirror to Congress for its hypocrisy,” Poonwalla said.
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In a letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely said he is unable to continue as president of the party's Delhi unit.
Lovely had taken up the position in August last year.
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Published: Apr 28, 2024 2:12 PM IST