Arvind Kejriwal Guidelines Out Alliance With Congress In Delhi Meeting Polls, Says AAP Will Go Solo – News18

Final Up to date:December 01, 2024, 13:10 IST

The Aam Aadmi Get together had contested the Haryana Meeting Elections by itself earlier this yr.

Delhi Meeting Elections: Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Get together chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday dominated out any alliance with Congress for the 2025 Meeting Elections within the nationwide capital. The transfer comes as a significant jolt to the Opposition’s INDIA bloc which was shaped aiming to oust the BJP from energy on the Centre.

“There shall be no alliance in Delhi,” Kejriwal stated at a press convention within the metropolis.

The announcement got here in continuation with the AAP’s transfer within the Haryana Meeting polls in October this yr wherein the social gathering had ditched the INDIA bloc and contested the polls by itself. The AAP and Congress had tried to forge an alliance in Haryana, nevertheless, the seat-sharing talks didn’t yield any conclusion.

Kejriwal’s choice additionally comes on the again of main ballot drubbing of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra this month, which Congress can be part of, drawing criticism from its allies.

Congress-AAP Alliance In Lok Sabha Polls

The Congress and AAP had contested the Lok Sabha Elections this yr in Delhi in alliance with one another beneath the umbrella of the INDIA bloc. Each events had even campaigned for one another. Kejriwal, who was then out on interim bail for the election campaigning, had additionally campaigned for the Congress and had sought votes for its Opposition social gathering (within the Delhi Meeting).

AAP had contested on 4 seats whereas Congress on 3 seats out of seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi. Nevertheless, neither of the 2 events may open the account because the BJP swept all 7 seats within the metropolis.

Nevertheless, in distinction to Delhi, the AAP had contested all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab by itself, ditching the Congress within the state. The AAP is in energy in Punjab with an enormous majority. In 2022 Meeting polls in Punjab, the Kejriwal-led social gathering had swept the state successful 92 out of the 117 seats, dislodging Congress from energy.

BJP Reacts To AAP’s Announcement

Quickly after Kejriwal’s main announcement, the Bharatiya Janata Get together took a “friendship with advantages” jibe on the AAP and Congress and underlined the loopholes within the Opposition unity within the state and on the nationwide stage.

“Within the Lok Sabha Elections, their relation was “Hum sath sath hain (we’re collectively)”. In the present day, that relation has modified to “Hum aapke hain kaun (who am I to you?)”. There isn’t a mission or imaginative and prescient within the INDIA bloc, they solely have a thirst for place and obsession for Modi,” BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated.

“They combat within the states and present unity in Delhi. This is similar scenario of the INDIA bloc in every single place, however they present friendship in Delhi. They’ve a system of friendship with advantages,” he added.