Citing health reasons, senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Friday resigned from the post of Delhi’s Congress Chief.
In a meeting held on Thursday, Congress President Rahul Gandhi accepted Maken’s resignation. The meeting was attended by Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Maken and Delhi Congress party affairs in-charge P C Chacko where Maken thanked Gandhi for his support.
Later, Maken took to Twitter to announce his resignation.
“After the 2015 Delhi assembly elections, as its Delhi unit president I received a lot of love from Congress workers, the media covering the party and our leader Rahul Gandhiji. It was not easy in these difficult times. Thank you all,” he tweeted.
Last year in September, according to Congress sources, the 54-year-old politician had expressed his desire to resign from his post owing to health reasons.
The 54-year-old leader had taken over as the Congress’s Delhi unit chief four years ago after the party lost the 2015 assembly elections. He was twice elected as an MP and three times to the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Maken was the Speaker of Delhi Assembly during the Sheila Dikshit government.
Maken was appointed the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs in 2011 replacing MS Gill.
