BJP to replace Harsh Malhotra with Arvinder Singh Lovely on East Delhi Lok Sabha seat? Ex-Congress MLA reveals...

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Will Arvinder Singh Lovely join BJP? Here's what he said "I have only resigned as Delhi Congress chief and I am not joining any political party," he added. Lovely's resignation is a major setback for the embattled Congress party amid Lok Sabha polls. Lovely said he was against the Congress-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alliance and the statements of Congress candidates Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj.

In his letter sent to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday, Lovely also said that he found himself "handicapped" as all unanimous decisions taken by senior Delhi unit leaders have been "unilaterally vetoed" by AICC Delhi in-charge Deepak Babaria. 'Struggling to bring back…,' Cong leader on Lovely's exit from Delhi chief post Meanwhile, the BJP has also reacted to Lovely's resignation. The saffron party said it was an "unnatural alliance" forged by the leadership of AAP and Congress to "shield their corruption", but their party workers had not accepted it.

'Was against an alliance with AAP': Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh resigns AAP senior leader Bharadwaj said it was an internal matter of the Congress. "It won't be appropriate for me to comment on the matter. AAP is fighting on the four seats it is contesting with full strength and we are hopeful that people will vote for INDIA bloc candidates on all the seven seats in Delhi," he said.