Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns from post, opposes alliance with AAP
New Delhi: Head of the Delhi unit of the Congress party Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from the post on Sunday morning, taking objection to the party leaders forming an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Singh, in his resignation letter submitted to All India Congress Committee (AICC) National President Mallikarjun Kharge, has said that the Delhi unit was against forming an alliance with the AAP, which was formed with the sole intent of leveling false, fabricated and corruption charges against the Congress.
In spite of this, the Congress leaders had decided to form an alliance with the AAP in Delhi, he added.
Singh had quit the Congress in 2017 and joined the BJP, but returned to the Congress within four months.
He was appointed as the president of the Delhi unit of the Congress in 2023, in place of Anil Chaudary.
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BJP leaders demands CBI probe in sexual abuse cases, accuse SIT of 'witch hunting'
Bengaluru (PTI): Leaders of the oppositon BJP in Karnataka on Sunday continued their demand for a CBI probe into sexual abuse charges against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and related cases, to ensure a fair investigation.
The 33-year-old JD(S) MP, who is grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda, is facing charges of sexually abusing women. The scandal has raised a political storm with the ruling Congress and BJP-JD(S) engaged in a slugfest.
While the Congress government has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases, the BJP and JD(S) -- NDA partners -- have demanded that it be handed over to the CBI, and action taken against those behind the circulation of explicit videos.
BJP leader and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said bringing out the guilty and ensuring punishment was the primary duty of the SIT, and accused it of "witch hunting".
"People are questioning the way in which the inquiry is progressing. A complaint has been lodged with the National Commission of Women about (a woman) being forced to file a complaint (in connection with case), also complaints are being filed against those who gave information about the sexual abuse case," Bommai said.
Addressing reporters here, he said, bringing the guilty to book and ensuring punishment to them is the primary duty of the SIT, but instead "witch hunting" is being done, and thereby causing investigation to lose track.
Responding to a question on demands that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar should also be subjected to inquiry, following allegations of his role behind circulation of explicit videos, Bommai said, "Inquiring all those linked to the main case and related other cases, will only ensure complete the probe. So, we are saying that if the case is handed over to the CBI, it will be conducted in a fair manner."
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said, BJP's clear stand is that the party will support its alliance partner JD(S) in its fight, and there should be a CBI probe in this case.
"A CBI probe is needed because cases are being booked against those who first gave information about the sexual abuse case," he said.
