Ajay Maken resigns as Congress's Delhi unit chief
New Delhi, Jan 4 : Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken Friday resigned as the party's Delhi unit chief citing health reasons, a few months before the Lok Sabha elections, sources said.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Congress party affairs in-charge P C Chacko and Maken held a meeting Thursday evening. Gandhi has accepted his resignation, they said.
The 54-year-old leader had taken over as the Congress's Delhi unit chief four years ago, after the party lost the 2015 assembly elections.
Later, Maken took to Twitter to announce his resignation.
"After the 2015 Delhi assembly elections, as its Delhi unit president I received a lot of love from Congress workers, the media covering the party and our leader Rahul Gandhiji. It was not easy in these difficult times. Thank you all," he tweeted.
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Siddaramaiah to inaugurate new Vidhana Soudha entrance on March 25
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the new main entrance of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on March 25, Speaker U.T. Khader said on Saturday.
According to The Times of India, speaking to reporters, Khader said the entrance has been developed with intricate Karnataka-style architecture through the Karnataka Forest Development Corporation and the Public Works Department (PWD).
He said solar panels installed to partially supply energy to Vidhana Soudha will also be inaugurated on the same day.
Khader further said the PWD has floated tenders to develop additional entrances near the grand steps and on the High Court side of Vidhana Soudha, and the works will be taken up shortly.
Responding to a query on a proposed dog shelter for stray dogs within the Vidhana Soudha premises, Khader said the proposal is pending with the government and will have to be finalised by it.
