Since Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Jai Prakash Agarwal resigned, following the party’s poll debacle, the race for the vacant post has heated up. The party high command is keen to fill it up at the earliest possible. Meanwhile, political experts feel a race of sorts has begun among various candidates in the Congress for the post, in which caste and community combinations are likely to play a major role.
According to Congress sources, New Delhi MP Ajay Maken, Dalit MLA Jai Kishan, Muslim MLAs Mateen
Ahmed and Harun Yusuf, grassroot fighters such as Mukesh Sharma and former DPPC chief Subhash Chopra, are in the race for the post.
AICC’s media in-charge and MP Ajay Maken is believed to be a frontrunner for the post. But former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit is not in favour of Maken’s candidature because Dikshit had previously reported Maken to the Congress high command. Dikshit has blamed the state unit for not ‘supporting’ her in the recent elections.
A few days back, Dikshit addressed party workers after reports of the resignation of DPCC chief Agarwal came out. Anticipating fresh elections in Delhi, Dikshit has asked her party workers to get ready for fresh polls.
The Congress party is banking on the Muslim community for votes in the Lok Sabha elections next year. Well-placed sources in Congress party said that the new incumbent would be chosen by the AICC leadership and it may be a pro-Sheila Dikshit choice.
According to Congress sources, New Delhi MP Ajay Maken, Dalit MLA Jai Kishan, Muslim MLAs Mateen
Ahmed and Harun Yusuf, grassroot fighters such as Mukesh Sharma and former DPPC chief Subhash Chopra, are in the race for the post.
AICC’s media in-charge and MP Ajay Maken is believed to be a frontrunner for the post. But former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit is not in favour of Maken’s candidature because Dikshit had previously reported Maken to the Congress high command. Dikshit has blamed the state unit for not ‘supporting’ her in the recent elections.
A few days back, Dikshit addressed party workers after reports of the resignation of DPCC chief Agarwal came out. Anticipating fresh elections in Delhi, Dikshit has asked her party workers to get ready for fresh polls.
The Congress party is banking on the Muslim community for votes in the Lok Sabha elections next year. Well-placed sources in Congress party said that the new incumbent would be chosen by the AICC leadership and it may be a pro-Sheila Dikshit choice.