Arvinder Singh Lovely makes big U turn, rejoins Congress post nine month stint with BJP

Former Congress Delhi chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nine months ago, rejoined his old party Congress on Saturday. Lovely's return to the Grand Old party is being seen as big philip for the Congress ahead of the by-polls for the 20 assembly seats.

“At that time, I had also said that it was not a happy decision for me. It was a weak moment for me. But then after, I had a chat with Ajay Maken and sort the differences,” said Lovely in a press conference at the AICC headquarters.

Lovely faced a lot of flak from senior Congressmen for joining the BJP. Reacting to the criticism, he had told the Indian Express that he had been patient with the party even after he was removed as the Congress state unit president in 2015, and that he could not wait any longer.

“In 2015, the Congress lost when Maken was the chief ministerial face of the party. Instead, I was asked to step down and he was promoted. I did not say anything despite this and stayed on,” Lovely had said.