Delhi Congress president Subhash Chopra on Tuesday said that the party will give “priority” to the youth in ticket distribution for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi.
Denying organisational changes in Delhi Congress, Chopra said efforts will be made to enthuse cadre. “We would give priority to youth in deciding party tickets for the Assembly elections. It will be a mix of youth and experience,” he said.
The veteran leader and three-time MLA, Subhash Chopra appointed president of its Delhi unit recently, will lead the party in the electoral battle against the ruling AAP and the BJP in the polls for the 70-member Delhi Assembly. In the 2015 Delhi assembly elections, the Congress had failed to open its account. After its dismal performance in the 2015 Assembly polls, the Congress managed to pip the AAP to the third position in five of the seven seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. However, it suffered a jolt after the death of Dikshit.
However, in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, the party managed to raise its vote percentage and push the AAP to third place on five of the seven parliamentary seats.
Asserting that the Congress will spring up a surprise on its political adversaries, Chopra said "Just wait and see what happens in the coming days. We will do something which you cannot imagine right now,"
The Delhi Congress president also said he will “expose” the ruling BJP at the Centre and the AAP Government in the capital on the promises made by them to people.
Chief of Delhi Congress's election campaign committee Kirti Azad, former PCC presidents J P Agarwal and Arvinder Singh Lovely, former MP Sandip Dikshit, working president Rajesh Lilothia, and many other senior leaders were present during Chopra's interaction with the media.
Azad hit out at the BJP and the AAP accusing them of "neglecting" the interests of people of Purvanchal in Delhi. "The Congress is the party where Purvanchalis get respect. Kejriwal says people from Bihar come to Delhi on a Rs 500 ticket and then go back. Manoj Tiwari says outsiders are responsible for 80 per cent crimes in Delhi. Both have cheated purvanchalis," he claimed.
Azad also slammed the AAP and the BJP for failing to develop Chhat Ghats with all the basic amenities. "The AAP Government has not taken any initiative to make preparations like cleaning of the Ghats on the bank of Yamuna River, providing clean water and electricity, and other amenities like bio-toilets etc," he said.