New Delhi: Arvinder Singh Lovely on Sunday rejected suggestions that he would resign as Congress' Delhi unit chief unhappy with the ticket distribution and said he was not joining any other political party.
His clarification came after former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan claimed that the BJP will field Lovely from the East Delhi constituency in place of Harsh Malhotra, while AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj also rubbished speculations about the saffron party changing its candidate. Gave air.
In his resignation letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely criticized the party's North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar and North West Delhi candidate Udit Raj and said they were complete strangers to the Delhi Congress and the party's policies. .
"Some people are spreading misinformation that I am upset with the ticket (distribution). It is not so," Lovely said at a press conference at her home.You all know that I had given a press conference three days ago to introduce the candidates."
"I have only resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief and I am not joining any political party," he said.
Lovely said his resignation reflected the pain of Congress workers who were unhappy that "the ideals they were fighting for during the last seven-eight years" were being compromised.
Referring to the alliance with the party, Lovely said, "We are contesting the elections together but Congress workers never said that we are giving them a clean chit or giving them credit for building schools and hospitals, which is not the reality." It is far away from India.'' Is with AAP in Delhi for Lok Sabha elections.Earlier in the day, AAP's Bhardwaj, in a post in Hindi on Twitter, asked without naming anyone whether the BJP was changing its candidate for East Delhi.
Asked about Bhardwaj's position and whether he was joining the BJP, Lovell reiterated that he had only resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief.
Lovely said, "Thank you for the good wishes of Bhardwaj. I think he takes decisions on behalf of other parties. I have just clarified to you that I have resigned from the post of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President.,
In the afternoon, a group of Congress workers protested against Kanhai Kumar outside the Congress election office near Maujpur Metro station in North East Delhi.
Navdeep Sharma, one of the protesters, said, "We want local candidates, we don't want any outsider."
Another protester said, "We had raised objections earlier also but our voice was not heard. We do not like Kanhaiya Kumar."
In a blow to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Lovely resigned from the post of party's Delhi unit chief citing alliance with AAP as one of the reasons.
He said that the Delhi unit of Congress was against the alliance but the party high command went ahead with it."The Delhi Congress unit was against the alliance with the party which was formed on the sole basis of leveling false, fabricated and malicious corruption charges against the Congress party... Half of (the party's) cabinet ministers are currently in jail on corruption charges. But, Lovely said in her resignation letter to Kharge.
"Despite this, the party (Congress) decided to forge an alliance with AAP in Delhi. We respected the party's final decision... I even visited Mr (Arvind) Kejriwal's residence on the night of his arrest. Mr Subhash Chopra and Mr. Sandeep Dixit, despite it being against my position on the matter,” he said.
Congress is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi in alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.As part of their seat-sharing arrangement, the Congress is contesting on three seats, while the AAP has fielded candidates from four constituencies in the national capital.
Taking responsibility for the party's worst-ever performance in the assembly elections, Lovely had resigned from the post of Congress' Delhi unit chief in 2015.
The Congress had failed to win a single seat in the 70-member House, while the AAP won 67 constituencies and the BJP won three seats.
Lovely contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and AAP candidate Atishi and secured 24 percent votes.
Gambhir won this seat by 3.93 lakh votes, coming second to Lovely.Voting for seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will be held in the sixth phase on May 25.
His clarification came after former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan claimed that the BJP will field Lovely from the East Delhi constituency in place of Harsh Malhotra, while AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj also rubbished speculations about the saffron party changing its candidate. Gave air.
In his resignation letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely criticized the party's North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar and North West Delhi candidate Udit Raj and said they were complete strangers to the Delhi Congress and the party's policies. .
"Some people are spreading misinformation that I am upset with the ticket (distribution). It is not so," Lovely said at a press conference at her home.You all know that I had given a press conference three days ago to introduce the candidates."
"I have only resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief and I am not joining any political party," he said.
Lovely said his resignation reflected the pain of Congress workers who were unhappy that "the ideals they were fighting for during the last seven-eight years" were being compromised.
Referring to the alliance with the party, Lovely said, "We are contesting the elections together but Congress workers never said that we are giving them a clean chit or giving them credit for building schools and hospitals, which is not the reality." It is far away from India.'' Is with AAP in Delhi for Lok Sabha elections.Earlier in the day, AAP's Bhardwaj, in a post in Hindi on Twitter, asked without naming anyone whether the BJP was changing its candidate for East Delhi.
Asked about Bhardwaj's position and whether he was joining the BJP, Lovell reiterated that he had only resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief.
Lovely said, "Thank you for the good wishes of Bhardwaj. I think he takes decisions on behalf of other parties. I have just clarified to you that I have resigned from the post of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President.,
In the afternoon, a group of Congress workers protested against Kanhai Kumar outside the Congress election office near Maujpur Metro station in North East Delhi.
Navdeep Sharma, one of the protesters, said, "We want local candidates, we don't want any outsider."
Another protester said, "We had raised objections earlier also but our voice was not heard. We do not like Kanhaiya Kumar."
In a blow to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Lovely resigned from the post of party's Delhi unit chief citing alliance with AAP as one of the reasons.
He said that the Delhi unit of Congress was against the alliance but the party high command went ahead with it."The Delhi Congress unit was against the alliance with the party which was formed on the sole basis of leveling false, fabricated and malicious corruption charges against the Congress party... Half of (the party's) cabinet ministers are currently in jail on corruption charges. But, Lovely said in her resignation letter to Kharge.
"Despite this, the party (Congress) decided to forge an alliance with AAP in Delhi. We respected the party's final decision... I even visited Mr (Arvind) Kejriwal's residence on the night of his arrest. Mr Subhash Chopra and Mr. Sandeep Dixit, despite it being against my position on the matter,” he said.
Congress is contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi in alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.As part of their seat-sharing arrangement, the Congress is contesting on three seats, while the AAP has fielded candidates from four constituencies in the national capital.
Taking responsibility for the party's worst-ever performance in the assembly elections, Lovely had resigned from the post of Congress' Delhi unit chief in 2015.
The Congress had failed to win a single seat in the 70-member House, while the AAP won 67 constituencies and the BJP won three seats.
Lovely contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and AAP candidate Atishi and secured 24 percent votes.
Gambhir won this seat by 3.93 lakh votes, coming second to Lovely.Voting for seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will be held in the sixth phase on May 25.
