After senior Congress leader Ajay Maken resigned from the post of Delhi’s Congress Chief citing health reasons, Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been selected for the post.
शीला दीक्षित जी को पुन: प्रदेश कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष बनने पर बधाई व शुभकामनाएँ!
उनके आधीन,मुझे संसदीय सचिव एवं कैबिनेट मंत्री के रूप में काम करके सीखने का सुअवसर मिला!
मुझे विश्वास है कि शीला जी की अगुआई में हम,मोदी+केजरीवाल सरकारों के विरोध में एक सशक्त विपक्ष की भूमिका निभाएँगे! pic.twitter.com/lFxuG2ScRE
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) January 10, 2019
Sources suggested that Delhi’s former Minister Yoganand Shastri was also in the race for the prestigious post.
In a meeting, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had 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.
2015 विधान सभा के उपरान्त-
बतौर @INCDelhi अध्यक्ष-पिछले 4 वर्षों से,दिल्ली कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा,कांग्रेस कवर करने वाली मीडिया द्वारा,एवं हमारे नेता @RahulGandhi जी द्वारा,मुझे अपार स्नेह तथा सहयोग मिला है।इन कठिन परिस्थितियों में यह आसान नहीं था! इसके लिए ह्रदय से आभार!
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) January 4, 2019
In the tweet said, “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,”.
Sheila Dikshit was the longest serving Chief Minister of Delhi. She served for a period of 15 years, from 1998 to 2013.
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