Sheila elected CLP leader in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Sheila Dikshit, who steered the Congress to a historic hat-trick in Delhi, was on Wednesday elected as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP), paving way for her ���third innings��� as chief minister in the national capital.

Ms Dikshit was elected at a meeting of 42 party MLAs here on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was attended among others by AICC general secretary Mohsina Kidwai, minister of state for finance P K Bansal and DPCC chief Jai Prakash Aggarwal. In the meeting, sources said, a resolution supported by all the MLAs was placed which left the choice of the CLP leader to party chief Sonia Gandhi.

Ms Kidwai contacted Ms Gandhi, who apparently told the AICC general secretary about her wishes, during the meeting and afterwards Ms Dikshit was elected unanimously, they said.