NEW DELHI: Arvinder Singh Lovely on Saturday joined Bharatiya Janata Party days after he resigned as the Delhi Congress chief.
Lovely had resigned from Congress state president citing the alliance with
AAP
as his reason. He said that despite Aam Aadmi Party accusing the Congress over corruption, the
grand old party
allied with them.
“We have been given an opportunity to fight for the people of Delhi under the banner of BJP and under the leadership of Prime Minister,” Lovely said.
I have full hope and there is no doubt about it that the BJP government is being formed in the country with an overwhelming majority. In the coming days, the flag of the BJP will fly in Delhi too,” he added.
Lovely joined BJP in the presence of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde. Few other congress leader including cabinet minister in Delhi government Raj Kumar Chauhan also joined the party.
“I want to assure you that your services will be utilized and will be utilized very effectively. Our party needs people like you. You are joining our family and I want to welcome you and congratulate you,” Union minister Puri said.
Further, while speaking to reporters after the press conference, Lovely referred to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s speech where she had said that every drop of her blood is dedicated to the nation. “
Indira ji ne bola tha Mere khoon ka katra katra iss desh ke liye hai. Katre Katre se Tukde Tukde pe aagye hain (Indira had said that every drop of her blood is dedicated to the nation. Now they are reduced to Tukde Tukde gang),” said Lovely, adding that he started feeling like a misfit in the party.
“I had resigned from the post of Delhi Congress president and after that, I met all my colleagues and thousands of Congress workers. All those people said that you should not sit at home and should continue fighting for the people of Delhi and the country, ” he said.
Lovely was appointed as the chief of the Congress Delhi unit last year, replacing Anil Chaudhary. He had joined the BJP in 2017 but returned to the Congress fold. But has now returned to BJP again.
