This Article is From Jul 05, 2016

Sheila Dikshit Says No One Has Asked Her To Lead UP Campaign: Highlights

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit speaks to NDTV.

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit speaks to NDTV about her role in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Here are the highlights:
  • Nobody has offered me the Chief Minister's post for Uttar Pradesh elections: Sheila Dikshit.
  • I do meet Ghulam Nabi Azad. There are certain things which I will not disclose.
  • My being a bahu of UP does not change. I was born in Punjab that does not change. I was educated in Delhi that does not change.
  • I am merely saying I will abide by what I am asked to do.
  • Prashant Kishor is someone who is helping the party.
  • I will do what the party high command asks me to do.
  • Nobody has made this offer (to lead the Uttar Pradesh campaign). I met Sonia Gandhi about something else, no one mentioned it to me.
  • Nobody in Congress is a scapegoat. We are all responsible. We have a leader and we follow the leader.
  • Nobody has asked me to be Uttar Pradesh's chief ministerial candidate, will abide by party decision.
  • "It is not a 'yes', it is not a 'no'. If and when I am asked, you will know the answer" - Sheila Dikshit on Uttar Pradesh role.
  • They (party) didn't want me in Delhi. They faced the result.
  • I do feel a sense of hurt.
  • Priyanka Gandhi is very popular. Her entry (in politics) will be nice.
  • I can't say what the CBI should have done or should not have done.
  • I had got no complaints about Rajendra Kumar when I was chief minister.
  • Water tanker scam charges are politically motivated.
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