Two former Congress MLAs from Delhi quit party, slam alliance with AAP
The Hindu
Former Congress MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh resign from party over alliance with AAP in Delhi.
Close on the heels of Arvinder Singh Lovely resigning from the post of Congress' Delhi unit chief, former party MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh have quit the party in protest against the alliance with AAP.
The Congress had on April 30 appointed former MLA Devender Yadav as interim president of its Delhi unit after Lovely resigned citing the tie-up with AAP and statements of Congress candidates in the national capital, exposing the cracks in the party's Delhi unit.
In separate letters to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh, who are AICC observers for West Delhi and North West Delhi Lok Sabha seats respectively, claimed the Congress workers are "upset" and feel "humiliated" due to the alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.
"I humbly submit that the said alliance is bringing great disrepute and embarrassment to Delhi Congress workers on a daily basis, and I believe that as a self-respecting party leader, I cannot continue to be associated with the party any more," Mr. Basoya said while resigning from the primary membership of the Congress.
He said the continued alliance with the AAP is "extremely humiliating given that AAP has been associated with numerous scams" in the past seven years.
The top three leaders of AAP — Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia — are already in jail. Their party has been accused of serious corruption charges on various issues such as the Delhi liquor scam and Delhi Jal Board scam, Mr. Basoya said in his letter.
Also, AAP has throughout its existence levelled serious allegations against the Congress and its top leadership, he said.
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