Sanjay Singh claims Arvinder Lovely's 'big role' INDIA bloc, ex-Delhi Congress chief says AAP MP 'in trauma'

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who resigned as the Delhi Congress chief recently, said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh is a "nice person" and it "seems like he is in trauma". He said Singh "has not been able to return to normal after coming out of the jail".

"When INDIA bloc was formed, I wasn't the chief in April, I wasn't the [Delhi Congress] chief when INDIA bloc's second meeting happened in Bengaluru. I wasn't the chief even during the third meeting, but when I was made the chief, then unfortunately, they [AAP] went to jail because of the cases against them," Lovely told PTI on Monday.

“Then how can he [Sanjay Singh] say that I was the architect of the alliance," Lovely added.

The former Delhi Congress chief's reaction came in response to Sanjay Singh's statement that "Lovely played a crucial role in" the alliance between the AAP and the Congress".

Sanjay Singh said on Monday, “I say this with responsibility that Lovely played a crucial role in our alliance with the Congress. I am not aware of the reasons for his contrary views now."

Singh, however, refused to comment further, saying Lovely's resignation is an internal matter of the Congress.

In his resignation letter, Lovely, who took the reins of the Delhi Congress in August last year, criticised the party's alliance with the AAP and decision to field Kanhaiya Kumar and Udit Raj from the North East Delhi and North West Delhi constituencies respectively in the ongoing parliamentary polls.

Speaking to PTI, Lovely also said that he was not upset but was finding himself "inefficient in giving my 100 per cent". He said, "I told them that these are the issues the party should focus on, and since I am not able to do them, you should give a chance to someone else."