Former Congress MP Milind Deora has faced brutal attack from his own party colleagues after he showered praises on the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government in the wake of the assembly election results. Ajay Maken and Alka Lamba have mocked Deora and dared him to leave the Congress.
This started after Deora took to Twitter to share a promotional video of the AAP’s achievement and write, “Sharing a lesser known & welcome fact — the @ArvindKejriwal-led Delhi Government doubled its revenues to ₹60,000 crore & maintained a revenue surplus over the last 5 years.
Food for thought: Delhi is now one of India’s most fiscally prudent governments.”
Sharing a lesser known & welcome fact — the @ArvindKejriwal-led Delhi Government doubled its revenues to ₹60,000 crore & maintained a revenue surplus over the last 5 years.
Food for thought: Delhi is now one of India’s most fiscally prudent governments pic.twitter.com/bBFjbfYhoC
— Milind Deora मिलिंद देवरा (@milinddeora) February 16, 2020
Reacting to his tweet, former Union Minister Ajay Maken dared Deora to leave the Congress. He wrote, “Brother,you want to leave
@INCIndia- Please do-Then propagate half baked facts! However,let me share even lesser know facts-1997-98-BE (Revenue) 4,073cr 2013-14-BE (Revenue) 37,459cr During Congress Govt Grew at 14.87% CAGR. 2015-16 BE 41,129. 2019-20 BE 60,000, AAP Gov 9.90% CAGR.”
Brother,you want to leave @INCIndia-Please do-Then propagate half baked facts!
However,let me share even lesser know facts-
1997-98-BE (Revenue) 4,073cr
2013-14-BE (Revenue) 37,459cr
During Congress Govt Grew at 14.87% CAGR2015-16 BE 41,129
2019-20 BE 60,000
AAP Gov 9.90% CAGR— अजय माकन (@ajaymaken) February 16, 2020
Deora responded accusing Maken of once seeking an alliance with the AAP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls last year. He wrote, “Brother, I would never undermine Sheila Dikshit’s stellar performance as Delhi CM. That’s your specialty. But it’s never too late to change! Instead of advocating an alliance with AAP, if only you had highlighted Sheila ji’s achievements, @INCIndia would’ve been in power today.”
Brother, I would never undermine Sheila Dikshit’s stellar performance as Delhi CM. That’s your specialty.
But it’s never too late to change!
Instead of advocating an alliance with AAP, if only you had highlighted Sheila ji’s achievements, @INCIndia would’ve been in power today https://t.co/aiZYdizdUL
— Milind Deora मिलिंद देवरा (@milinddeora) February 17, 2020
Maken wasn’t the only leader attacking Deora for his praise for the AAP. Former AAP MLA Alka Lamba, who unsuccessfully contested from Chandni Chowk on a Congress ticket in the 8 February polls, too took a swipe at Deora without naming him as she wrote, “First join the party because of your father, then get the ticket without doing anything. Become a union minister in the first attempt taking advantage of the Congress wave. But, lose elections when it comes to fighting on your own. Fight for a post within the party. Then start abusing your own party and praise others by playing guitar.”
पहले पिता जी के नाम से पार्टी में आओ,
फिर बैठे बैठे टिकेट पाओ,कांग्रेस की लहर में पहली बार में ही केंद्रीय मंत्री भी बन जाओ,
जब अपने अपने दम पर लड़ने की बात आए तो हार जाओ,पार्टी में पद की लड़ाई लड़ो,
फिर पार्टी को गलियाते हूए,
दूसरों के गुणगान में गिटार हाथ में लेकर बजाते रहो..?— Alka Lamba – अलका लाम्बा?? (@LambaAlka) February 17, 2020
Earlier, Radhika Khera, too had taken objection to Deora’s tweet as she wrote, “As a young first time contestant I find this extremely disappointing from our senior leaders, who instead of encouraging our own party to do better are busy patting AAP’s back! Food for thought: Delhi has run a surplus since 1994, this peaked in 2011 under Sheila Ji.”
As a young first time contestant I find this extremely disappointing from our senior leaders, who instead of encouraging our own party to do better are busy patting AAP’s back!
Food for thought: Delhi has run a surplus since 1994, this peaked in 2011 under Sheila Ji. https://t.co/v1qp2vzTeq
— Radhika Khera (@Radhika_Khera) February 16, 2020
Khera was the Congress candidate from Janakpuri but she lost just all the other candidates from her party. The Congress failed to win a single seat in the just-concluded assembly polls.