Sheila Dikshit new Delhi Congress chief
New Delhi: Continuing with the trend of trusting the old guard, the Congress on Thursday appointed former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as the new President of Delhi Congress.
The 80-year-old and three-time Delhi Chief Minister, succeeded Ajay Maken, who quit as the Delhi Congress president on January 4 citing health reasons. “Congress President Rahul Gandhi has appointed Sheila Dikshit as the new Delhi Congress president,” party leader P.C. Chacko told the media here.
The Congress also announced the appointments of Rajesh Lilothia, Devender Yadav and Haroon Yusuf as Delhi unit’s Working Presidents.
The longest serving Chief Minister of Delhi, from 1998 to 2013, Dikshit said she was honoured at being given the responsibility. While asserting the Congress’ revival in Delhi, where currently it has no representation in the Assembly, Dikshit remained evasive about the probability of the party forging an alliance particularity with Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Lok Sabha polls.
“We will talk after it happens,” she said when asked about such an alliance.