Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, on Saturday participated in a candlelight march organized by Congress party in east Delhi to protest prolonged power cuts and water crisis.

Delhi congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, senior leader Mukesh Sharma and scores of party workers took part in the march in Gandhi Nagar area.

Asked about her participation in the event, Sharmistha said she has been an active member of the party and would like to participate in similar events.

"I've been in Delhi since my childhood. I'm an active member of Congress, I've a primary membership of the party," she said.

Criticizing Union power minister Piyush Goyal's comment that lack of policy initiative by previous Congress government in Delhi was responsible for the situation, she said if that was the case then why there was no long power cuts in the last 15 years.

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