NEW DELHI: Congress leader Devendra Yadav on Sunday took over the charge of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC)’s President on Sunday. The event marked the presence of most of the leaders as it was meant to show the strength of the party which has been lately engulfed in departure of senior leaders and cracks among the cadre.
Raking the sentiment of loyalty, Yadav said that today, Congress needs its workers more than ever. “It’s our duty to stand by the family when times are hard. Today, the country needs Congress,” he stated.
He promised to live up to the faith and trust reposed on him by the Congress leadership, and strengthen the party in Delhi with the support and cooperation of the party workers. “My shoulders are strong. I am determined to face the challenge. My team is strong. I will show how to strengthen Congress in Delhi,” Yadav said.
He also appealed to the Congress workers to ensure the victory of the three Congress candidates and the four INDIA Bloc candidates in Delhi in the Lok Sabha elections and in the process reclaim the lost ground for Congress in the city.
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken said the party’s ideology was deeply embedded in the DNA of India, and the country was now looking up to the Congress to save the Constitution and democracy.
“A concerted attack was being mounted on the Congress ideology, and the Congress workers should unitedly fight to protect the ideology and beliefs, he said adding that this fight was not that of Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Maken or Devender Yadav, but of the entire country and which they should win,” Maken said.
“Rahul has been fighting for rights of the people, from Parliament to the streets. Yadav has been appointed the DPCC president at a most difficult time, but he has the competence to lead the party to victory not only in the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, but also in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, Maken, the AICC treasurer, added.
Yadav was appointed as the interim president of Delhi Congress on Tuesday, two days after Arvinder Singh Lovely quit, criticising the party’s alliance with the AAP in Delhi.