“The Congress party’s downfall started in 2013 when Sheila Dikshit was the CM. The appearance of a new party AAP took away the entire Congress vote bank
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader PC Chacko on Wednesday quit as party’s Delhi in-charge. He blamed former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for the downfall of the grand old party in 2013.
“The Congress party’s downfall started in 2013 when Sheila Dikshit was the CM. The appearance of a new party AAP took away the entire Congress vote bank. We could never get it back and still, that vote bank remains with AAP,” he said a day after Delhi assembly elections result was declared.
Chacko’s statement drew sharp criticism from his party members, with former Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora saying that it was unfortunate to see Sheila Dikshit being blamed after her death.
Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera also reminded that the party’s vote share increased when Dikshit was at the helm of affairs in 2019 after staying away in 2015.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also said the party’s defeat in Delhi is disappointing but claimed that “we have, not lost the battle”. “The party will go back to the drawing board, recalibrate its policy and strategy and bring grassroots leaders. Our party is determined to raise people’s voice in Delhi as a responsible opposition and contributor in the progress of the national capital,”.
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