Arvinder Singh Lovely, who resigned as Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief, has hit out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh, alleging that the former played an important role in the Congress-AAP pact in Delhi. Lovely described Sanjay Singh as a “nice person” but “it seems like he is in trauma.” Lovely said Singh “hasn't been able to get back to normal after getting out of prison.”
Lovely had quit as DPCC chief citing the Cong-AAP alliance, prompting Sanjay Singh to come up with his version that the Congress leader was instrumental in brokering the pact.
“When the INDIA bloc was formed, I was not the head in April [Delhi Congress] chief when the second meeting of the INDIA bloc took place in Bengaluru. I was not the head even at the third meeting, but when I was appointed head, then unfortunately she [AAP leaders] went to jail because of the cases against them,” Lovely told PTI on Monday.
'How can he? [Sanjay Singh] say I was the architect [of the AAP-Congress alliance]Lovely added. Lovely had taken charge of the Delhi Congress in August 2023.
Sanjay Singh said on Monday, “I say this with responsibility that Lovely played a crucial role in our alliance with Congress. I am now unaware of the reasons for his opposing views.”
Singh, however, declined to comment further, saying Lovely's dismissal is an internal matter of the Congress.
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Lovely resigned as Delhi Congress chief on Sunday. In his resignation letter, he criticized the Congress' alliance with the AAP and the decision to field Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj from North-East Delhi and North-West Delhi constituencies respectively in the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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Speaking to PTI on Monday, Lovely also said he was not upset but found himself “inefficient in giving my 100 percent”. He said: “I told them that these are the issues the party should focus on, and since I am not in a position to do so, give someone else a chance.”
Under a seat-sharing agreement between the two constituents of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), the Congress has fielded candidates from three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. The AAP is contesting the remaining four seats. The settlement was agreed upon even as the two parties decided to contest the elections independently in Punjab.
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Published: Apr 29, 2024 4:41 PM IST