Alliance With Congress Only For Lok Sabha Polls, No Tie-Up For Delhi Assembly Polls Yet: AAP Leader Gopal Rai

Gopal Rai said that at the meeting today, it was agreed that people's mandate in the Lok Sabha polls was against "dictatorship".

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Gopal Rai during a meeting with municipal councillors, in New Delhi.

Source : PTI

Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi state convener Gopal Rai on Thursday said that the party's alliance with the Congress was only for the Lok Sabha elections and suggested that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's party will go solo in next year's Assembly polls in Delhi.

After a meeting of party MLAs and senior leaders at Kejriwal's residence in the national capital, Rai told PTI that the party gave full support to the INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha polls.

"The INDIA bloc was only for contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Several parties fought elections together and AAP was also a part of it. As of now, there is no alliance for the Delhi Assembly polls," he told PTI.

Gopal Rai said that at the meeting today, it was agreed that people's mandate in the Lok Sabha polls was against "dictatorship".

"We fought the elections in the most adverse circumstances. Our top leaders are in jail. The victory margin has reduced on all the seats," he said.

Rai further said there was disappointment among AAP workers after Kejriwal's arrest but the party remained united even in difficult circumstances and put up a good fight against "dictatorship".

He asserted that the biggest advantage of the AAP-Congress alliance has been that the victory margins of the BJP candidates in Delhi have reduced.

"It was decided in the meeting that on June 8, we will hold a meeting with councillors and on June 13, a meeting will be held with all party workers of Delhi. Since Kejriwal is in jail, our struggle will continue," the AAP Delhi convener said.

It was also decided that all party MLAs will hold meetings with workers on Saturday and Sunday to speed up the development works since the Model Code of Conduct has been lifted.

The AAP-Congress combine drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, with BJP effecting a clean sweep on all seven parliamentary seats for a record third time.