New Delhi: In a blow to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, its Delhi unit chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned after criticizing the party's alliance with AAP and the statements of Congress candidates Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj.
In his letter sent to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovell also said he finds himself "handicapped" as all unanimous decisions taken by senior leaders of the Delhi unit are "unilaterally vetoed" by AICC Delhi in-charge Deepak Babaria. Has been done.
Lovely said the Delhi Congress unit was against an alliance with AAP, but the party high command went ahead with it, as his resignation reflected the party's factional feud. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Lovely rejected the suggestion. Rejected that he left the post due to not getting the ticket and said that he was not joining any other political party.
Lovely said, “Some people are spreading misinformation that I am angry with the ticket distribution.It's not like that. 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's clarification came after former Congress MLA Asif Mohammed Khan claimed that the BJP was trying to get rid of Harsh Malhotra. While AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj will field Lovely from the East Delhi constituency, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj has also fueled speculations about the saffron party changing its candidate.
Amid demands from a section of leaders for Babaria's removal, AICC's Delhi in-charge said it was "unfortunate" that Lovely's resignation came at a time when general elections were going on in the country, but added that he would not influence the Congress. Will do.At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party called it an internal matter of its ally party.
The BJP said it was an "unnatural alliance" formed by the AAP and Congress leadership to "save their corruption", but his party workers did not accept it. Lovely also resigned as Delhi Congress president in 2015. Had given. He joined BJP in 2017 but returned to Congress after about nine months.
A senior Congress leader said a decision on the appointment of the New Delhi unit chief would be taken soon as less than a month is left for the Lok Sabha elections.In his letter to Kharge, Lovely said he saw no reason to continue in the post as he could no longer "protect the interests of party workers". No information was given about the decision to field Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi seat and Udit Raj from North West Delhi seat. He also called him a "complete stranger" to the policies of the Delhi Congress Party.
Lovely said that even though the Delhi Congress unit was against an alliance with AAP, he publicly supported it and even withdrew his name as a potential candidate.
"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 cabinet ministers (of that party) are currently in jail for corruption. On the allegations,” he said.Lovely targeted Kanhaiya Kumar for praising Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in a money laundering case.
“Candidates from North East Delhi are also giving media bytes praising the Delhi CM, in direct violation of the party line and the beliefs of local party workers.
"Contrary to the true factual situation and the suffering of the citizens of Delhi, they supported AAP's false propaganda regarding the alleged work done in the education, health, roads and power sectors," he said. The wrong ideas and factually incorrect statements did not go down well with the Delhi Congress unit as "local party workers had an implicit understanding that the alliance was not to appreciate AAP's false propaganda of Delhi's development".
Lovely said, in fact, the alliance was an "agreement" to improve the Congress's chances of victory in the Lok Sabha elections."It appears that the candidates from North East Delhi are unaware of the fact that the condition of schools, hospitals and public infrastructure in Delhi under AAP's rule has seriously deteriorated compared to the development work done under late Sheila Dikshitji's Congress. "Governance has gone bad," he said. While AAP is contesting four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Congress and AAP are part of the opposition party that is contesting the elections. Have fielded their candidates on the seats.
Lovely accused Udit Raj of making "anti-party" statements in the press and insulting party workers.He claimed that Raj had written several letters to him asking him to suspend local leaders of different generations.
On Sunday, some party workers gathered outside Lovely's residence and raised slogans against Babaria, who, meanwhile, stressed that all DPCC leaders were taken into confidence on the alliance issue and Lovely was not included in the party panel. Babaria told reporters, "He (Lovely) was part of all the committees and panels; he should have raised his objections at the same time. Whoever distances himself from any party or post, He looks for a reason to do it."
“The party showed faith in him and gave him such a big post, but what he did was sad.His resignation will have no impact on the party and I am confident that we will win all three Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the elections," he added.
A clash broke out in front of Lovely's residence when her supporters allegedly pushed former Congress MLA Asid Mohammad Khan who had reached there. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, son of former chief minister Shail Dikshit, said, "She (Lovely) is sad. A personal pain as a Congress worker and Delhi Congress chief."I think we need to pay attention to what he's doing," he said.
Senior AAP leader Bhardwaj said that this is an internal matter of Congress. He said, “It would not be appropriate for me to comment on this matter. AAP is contesting four seats with full strength and we hope that people will vote for India Bloc candidates on all seven seats in Delhi." Said.
Earlier in the day, he had asked without naming anyone in a post in Hindi on Twitter whether the BJP was changing its candidate for East Delhi. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said Lovely reacted to her conscience. And the explosion within the Congress started the moment the party announced its Lok Sabha candidates.
He said, "It was an unnatural alliance which was created by the top leadership of both the parties to protect their corruption but their workers never accepted it."
Sachdeva said, “No patriot can stand with a person who talks about dividing the country and stands with the enemies of the country.I think this line will be drawn further because many others are raising their voice against the way Congress has distributed its tickets," he added. Lovely had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and AAP candidates. Contested the Lok Sabha elections against Atishi and secured 24 percent votes.
Gambhir won by 3.93 lakh votes from second place Lovely. Voting will be held in the sixth phase on May 25 for seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.
In his letter sent to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovell also said he finds himself "handicapped" as all unanimous decisions taken by senior leaders of the Delhi unit are "unilaterally vetoed" by AICC Delhi in-charge Deepak Babaria. Has been done.
Lovely said the Delhi Congress unit was against an alliance with AAP, but the party high command went ahead with it, as his resignation reflected the party's factional feud. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Lovely rejected the suggestion. Rejected that he left the post due to not getting the ticket and said that he was not joining any other political party.
Lovely said, “Some people are spreading misinformation that I am angry with the ticket distribution.It's not like that. 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's clarification came after former Congress MLA Asif Mohammed Khan claimed that the BJP was trying to get rid of Harsh Malhotra. While AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj will field Lovely from the East Delhi constituency, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj has also fueled speculations about the saffron party changing its candidate.
Amid demands from a section of leaders for Babaria's removal, AICC's Delhi in-charge said it was "unfortunate" that Lovely's resignation came at a time when general elections were going on in the country, but added that he would not influence the Congress. Will do.At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party called it an internal matter of its ally party.
The BJP said it was an "unnatural alliance" formed by the AAP and Congress leadership to "save their corruption", but his party workers did not accept it. Lovely also resigned as Delhi Congress president in 2015. Had given. He joined BJP in 2017 but returned to Congress after about nine months.
A senior Congress leader said a decision on the appointment of the New Delhi unit chief would be taken soon as less than a month is left for the Lok Sabha elections.In his letter to Kharge, Lovely said he saw no reason to continue in the post as he could no longer "protect the interests of party workers". No information was given about the decision to field Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi seat and Udit Raj from North West Delhi seat. He also called him a "complete stranger" to the policies of the Delhi Congress Party.
Lovely said that even though the Delhi Congress unit was against an alliance with AAP, he publicly supported it and even withdrew his name as a potential candidate.
"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 cabinet ministers (of that party) are currently in jail for corruption. On the allegations,” he said.Lovely targeted Kanhaiya Kumar for praising Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in a money laundering case.
“Candidates from North East Delhi are also giving media bytes praising the Delhi CM, in direct violation of the party line and the beliefs of local party workers.
"Contrary to the true factual situation and the suffering of the citizens of Delhi, they supported AAP's false propaganda regarding the alleged work done in the education, health, roads and power sectors," he said. The wrong ideas and factually incorrect statements did not go down well with the Delhi Congress unit as "local party workers had an implicit understanding that the alliance was not to appreciate AAP's false propaganda of Delhi's development".
Lovely said, in fact, the alliance was an "agreement" to improve the Congress's chances of victory in the Lok Sabha elections."It appears that the candidates from North East Delhi are unaware of the fact that the condition of schools, hospitals and public infrastructure in Delhi under AAP's rule has seriously deteriorated compared to the development work done under late Sheila Dikshitji's Congress. "Governance has gone bad," he said. While AAP is contesting four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Congress and AAP are part of the opposition party that is contesting the elections. Have fielded their candidates on the seats.
Lovely accused Udit Raj of making "anti-party" statements in the press and insulting party workers.He claimed that Raj had written several letters to him asking him to suspend local leaders of different generations.
On Sunday, some party workers gathered outside Lovely's residence and raised slogans against Babaria, who, meanwhile, stressed that all DPCC leaders were taken into confidence on the alliance issue and Lovely was not included in the party panel. Babaria told reporters, "He (Lovely) was part of all the committees and panels; he should have raised his objections at the same time. Whoever distances himself from any party or post, He looks for a reason to do it."
“The party showed faith in him and gave him such a big post, but what he did was sad.His resignation will have no impact on the party and I am confident that we will win all three Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the elections," he added.
A clash broke out in front of Lovely's residence when her supporters allegedly pushed former Congress MLA Asid Mohammad Khan who had reached there. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, son of former chief minister Shail Dikshit, said, "She (Lovely) is sad. A personal pain as a Congress worker and Delhi Congress chief."I think we need to pay attention to what he's doing," he said.
Senior AAP leader Bhardwaj said that this is an internal matter of Congress. He said, “It would not be appropriate for me to comment on this matter. AAP is contesting four seats with full strength and we hope that people will vote for India Bloc candidates on all seven seats in Delhi." Said.
Earlier in the day, he had asked without naming anyone in a post in Hindi on Twitter whether the BJP was changing its candidate for East Delhi. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said Lovely reacted to her conscience. And the explosion within the Congress started the moment the party announced its Lok Sabha candidates.
He said, "It was an unnatural alliance which was created by the top leadership of both the parties to protect their corruption but their workers never accepted it."
Sachdeva said, “No patriot can stand with a person who talks about dividing the country and stands with the enemies of the country.I think this line will be drawn further because many others are raising their voice against the way Congress has distributed its tickets," he added. Lovely had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from East Delhi against BJP's Gautam Gambhir and AAP candidates. Contested the Lok Sabha elections against Atishi and secured 24 percent votes.
Gambhir won by 3.93 lakh votes from second place Lovely. Voting will be held in the sixth phase on May 25 for seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.
