No possibility of alliance with Cong for Delhi polls

The Aam Aadmi Party will be fighting these elections on its own strength in Delhi. There is no possibility of any alliance with Congress. ARVIND KEJRIWAL, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener

- Alok K N Mishra

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday categorically ruled out any possibility of a pre-poll alliance with Congress for the 2025 Delhi assembly elections.

"The Aam Aadmi Party will be fighting these elections on its own strength in Delhi. There is no possibility of any alliance with Congress," Kejriwal said in a post on X on Wednesday.

The clarification follows recent speculation about the two parties joining forces, spurred by Kejriwal's participation in an INDIA bloc meeting on Tuesday, which included senior Congress leaders, on alleged tampering of EVMs and VVPAT machines in the Maharashtra assembly elections.

The AAP and Congress previously contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as allies as parts of the larger INDIA bloc grouping of opposition parties.

In Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats, the AAP fielded candidates in four constituencies and Congress in three. The BJP, however, swept all seven seats for a third consecutive time.