However, Lovely asserted on Sunday that his resignation only applied to his role as the chief of the Congress' Delhi unit and that he wouldn't be joining any other political party.
Modi also continued his attack against the Congress on the "inheritance tax" issue and targeted the party's government in Karnataka on law and order issue.
Challenging the Calcutta high court's order, the state government, in its appeal filed before the top court, said the HC cancelled the appointments "arbitrarily" and without "any proper reasoning."