The day after veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath resigned from leading the party in Punjab ahead of state elections, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be made the party’s in-charge in the state, according to India Today. Nath had resigned on Wednesday night after an outcry following his appointment in Punjab. He was allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
The party has not made an official announcement yet.
Kamal Nath, in his resignation letter, had said “Certain elements are raking up these issues now only for political gains,” and added that he was “blessed to have a long career with the party right from the Youth Congress to being general secretary to being a minister in the Congress governments since 1991 and never has there been any stigma attached to my name.”
The appointment had given rival outfits, particularly the Aam Aadmi Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal, a chance to attack the Congress for its role in the gruesome riots in Delhi in the aftermath of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
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