Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi on Thursday said there was no "one-size-fits-all" policy on the issue of full statehood to Delhi.
He said this at a programme to release the Congress manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls at the party's Delhi unit office.
Delhi minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai had asked the Congress on Wednesday to support the demand for full statehood to Delhi so that the people of the national capital could lead their lives with dignity.
In a letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Rai had said he should support the demand for full statehood to Delhi, instead of proposing to amend the GNCTD Act, 1991.
Asked about the absence of the issue of full statehood to Delhi in the Congress manifesto, although the same was promised for Puducherry, Singhvi said, "There is no one-size-fits-all policy. We have taken a very cautious approach to draft the document. There has been a Supreme Court verdict as well."
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