MCD Election Results 2017: Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken offers to resign after poll debacle

MCD Election Results 2017: Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken has offered to resign after poll debacle even as BJP sweeps off civic polls

By: News Desk |
April 26, 2017 12:03 pm

After facing defeat in the high voltage Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections 2017, Delhi Congress Chief, Ajay Maken has offered to resign as the as the state’s party president. He has asserted that he has accepted the defeat and was now going to handover the resignation.

However, it is not yet clear whether his resignation would be accepted by the party leaders or not. “Take responsibility for the defeat and I am going to resign as Delhi Congress President,” he told the media. This comes after former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asserted that the Congress party should have Campaigned aggressively and that she did not campaign because she was not asked to do so.

We have made a reasonable comeback, but I had hoped to do better in #DelhiMcdElection2017 : Ajay Maken, Congress pic.twitter.com/wsskXjEfor

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

For 1 year I will not take up any post in the party, will work as a party worker: Ajay Maken #MCDelections2017

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

EC aur Govt ko duvidha duur karni chahiye par jo haarta hai vo kehta hai EVM kharab hai,jo jeet ta hai vo kehta hai theek hai:Sheila Dikshit pic.twitter.com/qSra64eFq2

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

Aggressive campaign karna chahiye tha, maine campaign nahi kiya kyunki kisi ne mujhe kaha hi nahi: Sheila Dikshit #DelhiMCDElections2017 pic.twitter.com/zNNe5jWosZ

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

Congress who has finished second have done better than Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party who managed to get the third spot. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal’s party has come out to blame the EVMs for their humiliating defeat in the civic polls.