AAP, Congress ‘mutually agreed’ to go solo in Punjab says Arvind Kejriwal, rules out any ‘hostility’
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said Congress and Aam Aadmi Party had "mutually agreed" to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab separately and there is no bitterness between the two parties over the issue. “In Punjab, the Congress and AAP have mutually agreed to contest the polls separately. There is no hostility over this," NDTV quoted the Delhi Chief Minister as saying.
The Delhi Chief Minister was speaking at the residence of senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, whom he visited today on lunch. Kejriwal’s remarks come in the backdrop of a bitter war of words between the two parties, allies in the INDIA bloc, over a possible partnership in Punjab, which has 13 Lok Sabha seats and where the AAP is in power. Kejriwal further said the party was still in talks with the grand old party to finalise seat-sharing in the national capital.
"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 Congress and AAP)," he said.
It is important to note that AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak had on February 13 said that the grand old party does not deserve even a single seat in the national capital but they are still offering them one seat keeping the 'dharma of alliance'. , "...On merit basis, the Congress party does not deserve even a single seat in Delhi but keeping in mind the 'dharma of alliance' we are offering them one seat in Delhi. We propose Congress party to fight on 1 seat and AAP on 6 seats...", Pathak said.
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