SHRI RAHUL GANDHI JI’S PROACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROBLEMS OF DELHIITES REGAIN PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE IN CONGRESS PARTY—RESULTS IN CONGRESS WIN IN MCD BY-POLLS—AJAY MAKEN.
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May 17—Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Shri Ajay Maken said the historic victory notched up by the Congress party, winning five out of 13 seats in the MCD by-elections, was a clear message from the people of Delhi that they want the Congress back in power as only the Congress party could provide a stable and efficient administration. He said that people were fed up with the regular battle between Aam Aadmi Party Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal and the BJP government, at the cost of efficient governance. Shri Maken said that the people reposed their faith in the Congress party due to the proactive role played by Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji, whether it was expressing his solidarity with the striking sanitation workers under unbearable 45 degree heat, or rushing to the Shakurbasti JJ clusters in biting cold when the JJ clusters were being demolished and directing the Delhi leadership to file a PIL in the Delhi High Court for getting justice to the displaced people, or coming to the help of the rehri-patri people when they were being displaced. Shri Maken said people of JJ clusters, unauthorized colonies, sanitation workers and others have now returned to the Congress fold and they supported the Congress candidates whole-heartedly to help them win in the MCD by-elections, as there was a 400 per cent increase in the Congress Party’s vote share.
There was a festive atmosphere as Congress workers and leaders jostled for space while Shri Ajay Maken addressed the media to introduce the winning Congress candidates in the presence of prominent leaders of Delhi, including ex-MPs, ex-MLAs, district and block Congress committee presidents at the DPCC office, Rajiv Bhawan, here today. He thanked the Congress leaders and workers for putting in hard work in the unbearable heat to canvas votes for the Congress candidates through door-to-door visits.
Shri Maken said the Congress victory in the five wards in the MCD by-polls was all the more historic as none of the seats was held by the Congress party. He said these wards were the strongholds of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress was out of power in these 13 wards since 2007. He said the Congress win was a clear proof that the party is on a resurgent mode and the party has come back on top position in Delhi.
Shri Maken said in the coming six months, a roadmap would be prepared for the MCDs for the 2017 MCD elections, which will have concrete proposals for solid waste management, how to improve the Capital’s sanitation, how to strengthen the finances of the MCDs and how to tackle the parking and hoarding mafias in theMCDs.
Shri Maken said the BJP and the AAP had made many hollow promises to the people of Delhi, but both these parties failed in governance, corruption and developments, and because of that, the people of Delhi wanted change and gave an historic victory to the Congress party.
Shri Ajay Maken said when the opposition parties raised questions with malicious intention about Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji holding an “office of profit”, she resigned her Lok Sabha seat and sought re-election from Amethi to become an MP again. Similarly, Smt. Jaya Bachan also resigned from Rajya Sabha on the “office of profit” controversy. Shri Maken asked Delhi CM Shri Arvind Kejriwal when he was getting the resignation of the 21 MLAs accused of holding “office of profit” and who have been issued notice by an independent agency like the Election Commission. Shri Maken said the Congress party will hold agitations against the 21 MLAs, and will not rest content till their Assembly membership is terminated.
