Congress and the AAP have mutually agreed that in Punjab, they will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election without having an alliance…reports Asian Lite News
Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday admitted that the agreement on seat sharing arrangement in Delhi between the AAP and the Congress should have happened earlier.
“Let’s see what happens in the next two to three days. It has been delayed a lot, it should have happened earlier,” Kejriwal told reporters when asked about the seat sharing arrangement in Delhi with Congress.
Both parties are constituents of the opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance).
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely today told reporters that he did not know whether the Congress will have an alliance with AAP in Delhi in the upcoming Lok Sabha election as he is not directly involved in the talks.
“I am not directly involved in whether we are having an alliance or not. A committee headed by Mukul Wasnik is involved so I will not be commenting on that,” Lovely told reporters.
Congress and the AAP have mutually agreed that in Punjab, they will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election without having an alliance.
“In Punjab, Congress and AAP have mutually agreed to contest the polls separately. There is no hostility over this…We are in talks with the Congress over an alliance in Delhi. We are discussing seat-sharing arrangements. The BJP will have it easy if there is no alliance (between AAP and Congress),” Kejriwal said on Sunday.
Kejriwal earlier launched a scathing attack on the BJP, saying that if the ruling party at the Centre does not face defeat in this year’s general elections, then the Aam Aadmi Party “will make India free of BJP” rule in the next Lok Sabha elections.
“The biggest challenger of BJP is Aam Aadmi Party. Today if BJP is scared of anyone, it is AAP…With utmost responsibility, I want to say that if BJP does not lose Lok Sabha elections in 2024, then AAP will make India free from BJP (rule) in 2029,” Kejriwal said in the Delhi assembly.
He said AAP became a national party in a short span of time and now the party has governments in Delhi and Punjab. AAP won the trust vote in the Assembly.
Kejriwal said AAP has received historic mandates in Delhi, got a sizeable percentage of votes in Gujarat assembly polls and has five MLAs in the state and the party has two MLAs in Goa.
“This is no small feat…so today they are only afraid of the Aam Aadmi Party,” he said.
Kejriwal took a dig at those “who succumb to pressure and switch sides” and said those who resist, regardless of the legal consequences, are honest.
He said those switching sides may be needing “BJP’s protection” for their past deeds.
Referring to Manish Sisodia, who is facing ED and CBI probe in the excise policy case, Kejriwal alleged that a “lot of pressure was exerted” on the former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister but he did not succumb. (ANI)
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