Ajay Maken rules out possibility of alliance with AAP for Lok Sabha polls

The Delhi unit of the Congress ruled out the possibility of forming an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a day after leaders of the two parties made claims and counterclaims over soliciting a possible seat-sharing arrangement for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

"Congress workers and leaders are not in favour of any alliance with the AAP," Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief Ajay Maken said.

Maken said that no party worker or leader wants any alliance with the AAP at a time when the graph of the Kejriwal government is 'declining fast' and that of the Congress 'going up'.

The talks about the possibility of an alliance between the two parties began on Friday with Maken and AAP leader Dilip Pandey taking to Twitter to make claims and counterclaims about who approached whom.

"All leaders and workers of the Congress in Delhi do not want any alliance with Kejriwal's party due to two reasons. First, the popularity of Kejriwal is fast declining as his government is not working. The other reason is that AAP is responsible for creating the monster of Modi," Maken said.

Maken had broached the topic of alliance replying to a 'so-called offer' of three Lok Sabha seats to Congress by the AAP, in a tweet.

Reacting to it, AAP spokesperson Dilip Pandey had said it was the Congress that had approached the AAP and not the other way around.

The AAP has announced the names of in-charges for the five out of seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. It is yet to decide the names of in-charges for remaining two seats.