Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday expressed concerns over the intense battle between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress ahead of the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, implying that it would benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said that the fight should be against the BJP in the national capital and the country.
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«Congress and AAP were fighting the Lok Sabha elections together. However, the situation which has formed in the Vidhan Sabha (assembly) elections, it looks as if they are trying to help the BJP. Our fight should be against the BJP — in Delhi and the country,» Raut told ANI.
He further said that the two members of the INDIA bloc «tearing down each other» was not right. He said that the public was witnessing the tussle and would ask questions about such behaviour during the next Lok Sabha elections.
«AAP and Congress, who are the members of the INDIA Alliance, are contesting (the Delhi elections). The dates will be announced but a fight is going on before that. All the contestants are making allegations against each other, tearing each other down. This is not right. The level at which the fight between AAP and Congress is going on, the public is watching it. The people will question us regarding our behaviour when we go for the Lok Sabha elections the next time,» Raut said.
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