The Congress will not have an alliance with AAP and contest alone in Delhi in the coming Lok Sabha election,Congress chief for Delhi, Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday.
“We have unanimously decided that we will not have an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party and we will contest alone and will emerge stronger,” Dikshit told media sources after a meeting of Delhi Congress leaders with party president Rahul Gandhi.
She said Indian National Congress chief has agreed to the decision against allying with AAP for Lok Sabha polls due by May.
“So, we will go all by ourselves in Lok Sabha polls and there will certainly be no cooperation with AAP,” Dikshit stressed.
Party sources said Gandhi told Congress leaders during a two-hour meeting he would go by the majority decision and give preference to strengthen the organisation. Gandhi told them if Congress has to fight alone, he was ready and would not be let down by anyone, they said.
Gandhi then asked for everyone’s opinion and the majority favoured no tie-up with AAP, the sources said.
Dikshit said work is going on for selection of candidates and sources said that a meeting of the party’s screening committee would be held in a day or two to decide the candidates.
The AAP has announced candidates on six of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.
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