MLA Lovely appointed new president of Delhi Cong unit
20 Dec 2013 6:01 AM IST
Former minister and sitting MLA Lovely replaces JP Agarwal, who resigned taking ‘moral responsibility’ for the party’s worst-ever defeat in the recent Delhi Assembly election. Lovely, 46, has been active in politics since 1987 and is known to be close to senior Congress leader Ajay Maken.
He was elected as general secretary, Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress in 1990. He was made a minister in the Shiela Dikshit Cabinet in 2003 and handled a number of key portfolios like Transport, Education and Revenue.
Agarawal had resigned soon after Dikshit had blamed the state unit of the party for not extending the required support to her in the election campaign. The announcement was made by party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who said that the appointments have been made with immediate effect by party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Tasked to rejuvenate Congress after its worst ever drubbing in assembly polls, the new DPCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely on Thursday vowed to bring all factions together and strengthen
the party at the grass-root level by connecting with the ‘aam admi’, particularly youths and women.
He was elected as general secretary, Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress in 1990. He was made a minister in the Shiela Dikshit Cabinet in 2003 and handled a number of key portfolios like Transport, Education and Revenue.
Agarawal had resigned soon after Dikshit had blamed the state unit of the party for not extending the required support to her in the election campaign. The announcement was made by party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, who said that the appointments have been made with immediate effect by party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Tasked to rejuvenate Congress after its worst ever drubbing in assembly polls, the new DPCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely on Thursday vowed to bring all factions together and strengthen
the party at the grass-root level by connecting with the ‘aam admi’, particularly youths and women.
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