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The direct attack on the U.P. Chief Minister and senior BSP leader was made by Mr. Singh soon after taking charge as the DPCC president from Subhash Chopra at the Delhi party headquarters at Talkatora Road this evening in the presence of the Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, the AICC general secretary, R.K.Dhawan, the AICC secretary, Anil Shastri, and senior party leaders, J. P. Aggarwal, Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. Addressing party workers, who occupied every inch of space inside and outside the Talkatora Road office, Mr. Singh said: "Mayawati is now selling the name of Baba Saheb and she has strayed away from his ideals. It is only the Congress party which cares for the Dalits and follows the ideals of Baba Saheb.'' Mr. Singh argued that neither he nor his party believed in casteism. At the same time, he asserted: "Dalits are most respected in the Congress and no other party.'' Mr. Singh used the occasion to warn the Congress leaders and workers that indescipline would not be tolerated any more in the party. There should be an immediate end to public statements and infighting. "All of us now should work together, unitedly to defeat the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly elections which is due in November,'' he said. Giving a clarion call to expose the anti-people and communal policies of the BJP, Mr. Singh claimed that the entire party was now united and determined not to let the BJP enter the corridors of power in Delhi Sachivalaya. "We do not have much time left. So we all have to cooperate with each other and start preparing for Delhi Assembly elections,'' he said. "Ever since I have been nominated as the DPCC president, the BJP has run out of steam.'' Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Dikshit claimed the Congress's victory in the forthcoming Assembly elections which was "certain earlier has now become inevitable'' after Mr. Singh becoming the DPCC president. Mr. Shastri said the message for the occasion from the party president, Sonia Gandhi, was that the Congress would contest the Assembly elections under the joint leadership of Ms. Dikshit and Mr. Singh. Congratulating Mr. Singh on becoming the DPCC president for the third time, Mr. Dhawan said he has always taken people and the party workers along with himself. Mr. Dhawan alleged that the BJP has communalised the atmosphere in Delhi. The former Union Minister, Jagdish Tytler, said Mr. Singh being at the helm of affairs in Delhi, would help in defeating the communal BJP in the forthcoming elections. Referring to the large gathering of party workers who had come from various parts of the Capital to attend the function, Mr. Tytler said: "Today reminds me of the days of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, has given us Mr. Singh who is the leader of the masses.'' On the occasion, a resolution proposed by the senior party leader, Sajjan Kumar, was also passed which thanked Ms. Gandhi for appointing Mr. Singh as the DPCC president. Prominent among those present on the occasion were the Delhi Mayor, Ashok K.Jain, his predecessor, Jaishree Panwar, the Leader of House in the MCD, Ram Babu Sharma, the Deputy Speaker in Delhi Assembly, Kiran Choudhary, and a large number of Councillors and MLAs.
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