Arvinder Singh Lovely to contest Lok Sabha polls on BJP ticket? His reply

Arvinder Singh Lovely has blamed the Congress party’s alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, for his resignation. Hours after he quit as the Congress party’s Delhi chief, Arvinder Singh Lovely on Sunday replied to a query on his alleged future plans with the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying his resignation mustn’t be linked to discontent over Lok Sabha tickets. The stalwart stressed that Congress workers in the national capital never gave a “clean chit” to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or the credit for building schools and hospitals. Arvinder Singh Lovely, who became the party’s Delhi chief in 2023, clarified that he had only resigned as the chief of the party in the national capital. Amid allegations that he might become BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Delhi, he said he wasn’t joining any other political party. Arvinder Singh Lovely has blamed the Congress party’s alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi for his resignation. Arvind Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption associates had founded the AAP in 2012, after his massive agitation against corruption fizzled out. He first came to power in 2013, after running a bitter campaign against the Sheila Dikshit government. He had also accused senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, of corruption and promised to send them to jail. “I resigned as Delhi Congress chief. I want to clarify that I have not resigned over discontent over tickets (for Lok Sabha polls)… We (Congress and AAP) are contesting the (Lok Sabha) polls together but the Congress and its workers never gave a clean chit (to AAP) or gave them the credits to build schools and hospitals,” he said today at a press conference. He said he felt the pain of the Congress workers in Delhi. “Mentioning the principles and the pain felt by the Congress workers, I have resigned from the post of Delhi Congress chief. I want to thank the Congress workers who came to meet me,” he added. He responded to AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj’s claim that he would contest the elections on a BJP ticket.