Maken quits after Congress rout in Delhi

Posted on 10th Feb 2015 12:55 pm by mohit kumar

New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Congress' chief ministerial aspirant Ajay Maken Tuesday quit as the party's general secretary after it suffered a rout in the Delhi assembly election.

Maken and all other 69 candidates of the Congress were defeated in the Saturday ballot. He had said that he would resign from the party post if he lost from his Sadar Bazar constituency.

"I take responsibility for the results and have decided to resign as general secretary of the Congress," he said.

Maken congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal.

He said: "We want to congratulate Kejriwal and hope the promises he has made and the dreams he has outlined, he will fulfill them in Delhi. For strengthening of democracy, I hope that he will fulfill his promises."

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