Senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit has said she is ready for any role the party wants her to take up, following speculation that she may be the chief ministerial face in Uttar Pradesh.
"I will be ready for anything that the party asks me to do. This is my only plea that whatever decision the high command wants to take, be taken quickly. Time is running short," she said.
Sources in the Congress have claimed that the former Delhi CM could play an important role in Uttar Pradesh. Political strategist Prashant Kishore has been keen on a Brahmin face in the state which makes Dikshit a serious contender.
There have also been reports that Dikshit may be made the Congress in-charge of Punjab after Kamal Nath stepped down over row on his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-sikh riots.
Dikshit asserted that the party made the right choice by accepting Kamal Nath's resignation to avoid any possibility of a controversy. "We didn't want to get into a controversy at the time of an election. Akalis and the Aam Aadmi Party would have just talked about the issue if Kamal Nath would have served as the Congress in-charge in Punjab. It was wise of party president Sonia Gandhi to have taken that decision," she asserted while maintaining that Kamal Nath had no case against him.
She hails from Kapoorthala in Punjab and is considered close to Congress' CM face Captain Amarinder Singh. Elections in both Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are due to be held in 2017.
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