Rahul Gandhi on Friday accepted the resignation of Ajay Maken as Delhi Congress chief setting the stage for replacement.
Maken, who has been ailing for a while now, had put in his papers about two months ago and was waiting for his resignation to be accepted.
The decision was taken late last night by Rahul in a meeting with AICC Delhi in-charge PC Chacko and Maken.The move comes in amidst the ongoing parleys between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party about possible dear sharing for the Delhi Lok Sabha polls, but no final decision has been taken.
2015 विधान सभा के उपरान्त-
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) January 4, 2019
बतौर @INCDelhi अध्यक्ष-पिछले 4 वर्षों से,दिल्ली कांग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा,कांग्रेस कवर करने वाली मीडिया द्वारा,एवं हमारे नेता @RahulGandhi जी द्वारा,मुझे अपार स्नेह तथा सहयोग मिला है।
इन कठिन परिस्थितियों में यह आसान नहीं था! इसके लिए ह्रदय से आभार!
Reports are Rahul Gandhi could bring in former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to stem the electoral damage done to the party in the city state.
Congress continues to struggle in Delhi after 2015 when all its candidates lost state elections and Maken lost his personal deposit.
Thereafter, in the MC election polls, the Congress was pushed to the third position.
With the picture looking gloomy for LS polls Maken cited ill health to quit and said he would not be able to spare the time the party would want him to spare.
Maken today tweeted his thank you note to Gandhi for allowing him to head Congress in Delhi for four years starting 2015.
There are indications that Congress and AAP are meeting regularly to work out a seat sharing agreement with AAP playing hard to get.