Congress: Ajay Maken has not resigned, will be back on Sep 20

Dismissing news of Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken’s resignation, highly placed source in the Congress party informed NH that Maken will be back on September 20.

"Ajay Maken has not been keeping well for some time but due to back-to-back political engagements, he could not take leave. He led protests organised by Delhi Congress on petrol price hike and Rafale scam.  Then came the DUSU election. He addressed a conference on the issue. After that he met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and AICC Delhi in-charge PC Chacko before leaving abroad for a health check-up. He well be back on Sep 20," said a senior Congress leader on the condition of anonymity.

Two former ministers of the erstwhile Shiela Dixit government have also denied news of Makan's resignation, terming it "baseless and speculative"

Senior Delhi Congress leaders including Harun Yusuf and Arvinder Singh Lovely are expected to address a presser on the issue later on Tuesday afternoon.

Many in the media who had reported that Maken had resigned, went on to speculate that now a Congress-AAP alliance would materialise soon in Delhi.

Maken has opposed any kind of electoral understanding  with AAP in Delhi. And according to sources, he even apprised Congress president Rahul Gandhi about the same. Based on inputs from the Delhi wing of the party, Rahul Gandhi has also opposed any alliance with the AAP in principle, a highly placed source in the party told NH.

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