Congress-AAP ties or some other reason? Maken's exit raises many questions

Several of the party's Delhi leaders believe that tying up with the AAP will only revitalise the latter and instead want to prioritise winning back voters

Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken has stepped down as the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee’s president citing health reasons. This follows speculation that he was unhappy with the party’s growing inclination to ally with or have a seat-sharing adjustment with the Aam Aadmi Party during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

A former Union minister, Maken was handed over the reins of the party in Delhi after it suffered a complete whitewash in the 2015 assembly elections. From having been in power in the capital for 15 years, the Congress failed to win any seat in the 70-member house that year.

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