'AAP Building Atmosphere To Get Out Of INDIA Alliance': Congress's Sandeep Dikshit Ahead Of Mumbai Meet

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit was replying to questions on the opposition bloc's meeting on August 31 and September 1 and reports that the AAP will run in the Bihar assembly elections.

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Monday claimed that the AAP is "building an atmosphere" to leave the INDIA coalition created by opposition parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He was replying to questions on the opposition bloc's meeting on August 31 and September 1 and reports that the AAP will run in the Bihar assembly elections.

“The Aam Aadmi Party is only building an atmosphere to get out of the (INDIA) alliance. What is there in it? We knew this was going to happen. As I always mention that... Amit Shah said in Parliament that the Aam Aadmi Party is going to run away. Shah has declared publicly what the AAP is supposed to do...they will do that, there is nothing surprising in it," Dikshit claimed in an interaction with PTI Video.

The AAP and Congress are members of the INDIA opposition alliance.

In response to a question on Dikshit's party statement, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh stated: “I don't want to comment on such great leaders.”

Dikshit has previously been critical of the AAP on a variety of issues.

Dinesh Gundu Rao, Karnataka Health Minister and Congress legislator, claimed earlier this month that the mohalla clinic is "overhyped" and that he was "disappointed" after visiting one such facility hours after praising it.

At that time, Dikshit had posted on X (formerly known as Twitter): "Wish you'd met us also Dinesh G Rao.. would have shown real truth of Arvind Kejriwal’s education, health, finance, environment, water, roads, buses, infrastructure, rampant corruption .......Perhaps you could have conveyed this to his new drum beaters in @INCIndia."

INDIA's Logo Likely To Be Unveiled On Aug 31: Ashok Chavan

The leaders of the unified opposition will meet in Mumbai for the third time on August 31 and September 1 under the banner of the Indian National Developmental Democratic Alliance (I.N.D.I.A), Maharashtra Congress Leader Ashok Chavan had stated earlier last week, according to news agency ANI. The logo for the opposition INDIA coalition is expected to be introduced on August 31 during the Opposition's conference in Mumbai, according to the leader.

Speaking about the meeting, Maharashtra Congress Leader Ashok Chavan had stated: "Around 26-27 parties will participate in the meeting. An informal gathering will be held on the evening of August 31 in Mumbai and a formal meeting on September 1. So far, two meetings have been organised so in this third meeting the next agenda will be discussed...We are deciding to make a common logo and it may get unveiled on August 31."