Delhi Cong chief mum on Dikshit’s accusation of non-cooperation

Agarwal, who is not known to have a good equation with the outgoing chief minister, said the nature of defeat was ‘totally unexpected’, which will be thoroughly examined by the party. ‘Dikshit is a senior and respected leader of the party,’ Agarwal said when asked about Dikshit’s comment yesterday that he did not back her fully in the election.

Giving reasons for the defeat, she had also said that the party was not active and that there was absence of coordination between it and the government in Delhi.

‘The party was not active enough,’ she had said elaborating that though her government had prepared a lot of documentation about the work done by it, the party merely told the people ‘bahut kaam hua (lot of work has been done)’. That is not enough, she had said.

Asked if she was blaming Agarwal, she had responded with a terse, ‘well, if I am head of the government, I have to take that responsibility’, suggesting that the DPCC chief should do the same. ‘I don’t think so,’ she had replied when asked if Agarwal was fully with her.

When asked if this was deliberate, Dikshit said, ‘I would not like to sort of assume these things. But yes, I think there should have been a little more activity (on the part of the party unit).’