New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday was appointed the new president of the Delhi Congress, succeeding Ajay Maken who quit earlier in the month on health grounds.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been appointed the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president after Ajay Maken resigned from the post citing ill-health.
“Congress President Rahul Gandhi has appointed Sheila Dikshit as the new Delhi Congress President,” said party leader P.C. Chacko.
The party also announced the appointment of Rajesh Lilothia, Devender Yadav and Haroon Yusuf as the Delhi unit’s Working Presidents.
Sheila Dikshit becomes successor of Ajay Maken as new Delhi Congress chief:
Maken congratulated Dikshit saying that under her leadership the Congress party will play the role of a powerful opposition against the governments in the national capital and at the Centre.
However, an official announcement of Dikshit’s appointment is yet to be made.
Sources said it would be made soon and she will have a few working presidents to assist her.
Eighty-year-old Dikshit has been a three-time chief minister of Delhi.
