Big blow to Congress, party's Delhi Chief resigns over alliance with AAP

• Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns as Delhi Congress chief 
• Lovely criticizes Congress's decision to ally with AAP despite opposition from Delhi Congress Unit
• In his resignstion letter Lovely writes, 'since he cannot protect Party Workers' interests, he sees no reason to continue'

Arvinder Singh Lovely, the president of Delhi Congress, has tendered his resignation, citing disagreements over the party's decision to form an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha elections. Lovely's resignation comes as a major setback for the Congress ahead of the elections.

In his resignation letter addressed to Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lovely expressed his dissent regarding the alliance with AAP.

"The Delhi Congress Unit was against an alliance with a Party which was formed on the sole basis of levelling false, fabricated and malafide corruption charges against the Congress Party and in turn, whose half of the cabinet ministers are presently in jail on corruption charges. Despite that, the Party decided to ally with the AAP in Delhi," Lovely said in his letter to Kharge.

Lovely, said that since he cannot protect the interests of the Party Workers, he sees no reason to continue in the said post. Lovely was appointed to the post in August 2023.

Lovely also mentioned that all unanimous decisions taken by the Senior Delhi Congress leaders have been unilaterally vetoed by the AICC General Secretary (Delhi In-charge).

"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 added.