New Delhi/IBNS, April 28 -- Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely Sunday resigned as the chief of the partys Delhi unit over its alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Lovely said that several AAP ministers have been jailed over corruption charges, still, the Congress formed an alliance with them for the Lok Sabha elections amid opposition by party workers.

In a letter to Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge, he said that since he cannot protect the interests of the Delhi Congress workers, he sees no reason to continue as the chief of the unit.

The Delhi Congress Unit was against an alliance with a party (AAP) which was formed on the sole basis of leveling false, fabricated and malafide corruption charges against the Congress. Despite t...