Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns from his post
What's the story
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) President Arvinder Singh Lovely has resigned from his post just weeks before the Lok Sabha elections in the national capital on May 25. In his resignation letter, Lovely expressed disappointment with his party agreeing to an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha elections. Under the alliance, the AAP will contest four of the seven Lok Sabha seats, while the Congress will contest three.
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Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns from the position of Delhi Congress
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"The Delhi Congress Unit was against ana Party which was formed on the sole basis of leveling false, fabricated and malafide corruption chargesagainst the Congress Party. Despite that,… https://t.co/Y1A360fuutpic.twitter.com/hLP9RtnzUE
Decision making
AICC general secretary didn't allow me to make appointments: Lovely
Lovely further alleged that all decisions taken by senior Delhi Congress leaders were vetoed by the AICC Congress general secretary (Delhi-incharge), who also did not permit him to make appointments in the DPCC. "Since my appointment as DPCC President, the AICC General Secretary (Delhi In-charge) has not allowed me to make any senior appointments in the DPCC," he wrote in his letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
Return
Lovely left Congress in 2017 to join BJP, returned later
Lovely was appointed as the state unit chief last year in September, having previously held the same position in 2013. He resigned from the post after the Congress's poll debacle in 2015. In that Delhi assembly election, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP decimated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress by a landslide victory, securing 67 of the 70 seats. In an unexpected move, Lovely left the Congress in 2017 to join the BJP but returned within a few months.
Career
Lovely was elected to Delhi Assembly 4 times
Lovely's political career took off in 1998, when he was elected as one of the youngest MLAs from the Gandhi Nagar constituency in east Delhi. He was elected to the Delhi assembly four times - in 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013. He served under the then Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government between 2008 and 2013, holding various roles.