A day after he was appointed as the Delhi Congress president, Ajay Maken on Wednesday held a meeting with the heads of 14 dissolved district committees. In the meeting, he told the Congress councillors from North and East municipal corporations to aggressively work in their respective wards to ensure the party's victory in the 2017 municipal polls. He will be holding a separate meeting with the South Delhi councillors on Wednesday as they were busy with their standing council meeting.
Maken, who will officially take over charge on March 8, will be giving a thanksgiving speech to his party workers who had worked hard during the state elections. The "Thank You" meet is likely to be attended by thousands of party supporters. The newly elected chief is also trying to send a clear message to leaders of different factions within the Congress that there would be no place for those would indulge in anti-party activities.
Sources said that Maken held a closed-door meeting with veteran Jat leader Sajjan Kumar and his predecessor Arvinder Singh lovely to ensure their participation in rebuilding the Congress in the national Capital. A section of the local leaders feel that lovely had been sidelined as he had put pressure on the party leadership to withdraw his candidature from the State elections.