New Delhi : Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday appointed Arvinder Singh Lovely as the Delhi Congress chief replacing Chaudhary Anil Kumar. Congress took this decion when less than seven months left for the LokSabha elections,
In an official communication, Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal said, “Congress president has approved the appointment of Arvinder Singh Lovely as the Delhi Congress chief, with immediate effect.”
It also said that the party appreciates the contribution of outgoing state unit chief Chaudhary Anil Kumar.
The development comes days after the Congress president discussed the issue of replacing the Delhi unit chief with several leaders, including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and several others from the Delhi unit.
Lovely has also served as a minister in the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government in the national capital. He contested the 2019 LokSabha elections unsuccessfully from the east Delhi Parliamentary seat.
