Elitist culture of Congress has produced arrogance: Sandeep Dikshit

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Friday alleged that his party has no genuine leaders, adding that the 'elitist culture' of the grand old party has produced arrogance.

According to reports, Dikshit stressed on the need for introducing new faces to the party, also cautioning the Congress of 'copying' the Aam Aadmi Party on economic issues and the Bharatiya Janata Party on all issues relating to secularism.

Dikshit's comments come a day after his mother and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit stated that she 'pitied' Ajay Maken, who was the chief ministerial candidate for the Congress in the recently held Delhi assembly polls, adding that his 'style' had not helped the grand old party.

In an unprecedented first for the national capital, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party received 67 seats out of the 70 on offer in the Delhi polls. With this extraordinary mandate, the AAP has become the first non-Congress and non-BJP party to rule the city.

The Congress, which in power in Delhi for 15 years up to 2013 and had been trying to rebuild its lost ground in the city, failed to even open its account in the polls.