Maken raps AAP for making tall promises

Taking over as the new President of Delhi Congress, Ajay Maken on Sunday rapped AAP for its “false promises” and said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is making demands like full statehood and Haryana water for Delhi to cover his failures as he knows these cannot be fulfilled.

The party, reduced to the margins of the city politics after failing to win a single seat in Assembly polls, put up a show of strength and unity as Maken’s detractor and former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit also turned up briefly at the function attended by almost all top state leaders. Noting that Congress faces big challenge after losing three elections in the city in 15 months, he said the party can stage a comeback by “sticking to truth” as he cited BJP’s drubbing in the polls after it had swept all seven Lok Sabha seats in May last.