New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) Nationwide Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has stated that the Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Get together have introduced assist to his get together within the upcoming Delhi meeting elections.
Mr Kejriwal, who’s the previous Chief Minister of Delhi, additionally hit out on the Congress for “partnering” with the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) discreetly.
All of the 4 events – AAP, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Get together and Congress – are companions within the Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and had collectively fought the Lok Sabha elections final 12 months.
In a submit on X on Wednesday, Mr Kejriwal stated he’s “personally grateful” to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who can also be the Chairperson of the Trinamool Congress, for extending her assist.
“TMC has introduced assist to AAP in Delhi elections. I’m personally grateful to Mamata (sic) Didi. Thanks Didi. You (sic) have at all times supported and blessed us in our good and dangerous instances,” the previous Delhi Chief Minister stated.
TMC has introduced assist to AAP in Delhi elections. I’m personally grateful to Mamta Didi. Thanks Didi. U have at all times supported and blessed us in our good and dangerous instances.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 8, 2025
Minutes later, Trinamool’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien responded to Mr Kejriwal’s submit, saying: “We’ve got your again @AamAadmiParty.”
On Tuesday evening, Mr Kejriwal prolonged his gratitude to Samajwadi President President Akhilesh Yadav for his get together’s assist to the AAP in subsequent month’s polls. “Thanks very a lot Akhilesh ji. You at all times assist and stand with us. I and the individuals of Delhi are grateful for this,” he wrote in Hindi on the micro-blogging platform, as he shared a information report claiming that the SP will assist the AAP within the polls.
There was no public assertion or announcement both from Mr Yadav or the Samajwadi Get together on the matter however sources stated that he expressed his intent to assist the AAP, after a press convention on Tuesday.
बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया अखिलेश जी। आपका हमेशा हमें सपोर्ट और साथ रहता है। इसके लिए मैं और दिल्ली की जनता आभारी हैं। https://t.co/as58s2ksDt
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 7, 2025
The Trinamool and the Samajwadi Get together had thrown their weight behind the AAP within the 2020 Delhi meeting elections as properly.
Mr O’Brien had uploaded, on X, a video endorsing not simply Mr Kejriwal as Chief Minister however all AAP candidates.
Because the AAP swept the 2020 elections, Mr Yadav congratulated Mr Kejriwal on the large win.
In the meantime, Mr Kejriwal hit out on the Congress after its chief, Ashok Gehlot claimed that AAP leaders are delusional about its victory within the subsequent month’s polls.
“They’re our opposition. It is their false impression that simply because they’ve gained the earlier two elections, they may repeat their efficiency this time. The Congress is campaigning properly and we all know that the outcomes can be good this time,” Mr Gehlot stated.
Hitting again, Mr Kejriwal stated the Congress has made it clear that the “AAP is its opposition in Delhi”. “Folks additionally felt that AAP is the opposition for Congress and BJP is its accomplice. Folks additionally believed that BJP and Congress are combating the elections collectively in opposition to AAP. Until now this cooperation between you two was secret. At this time you’ve made it public. Thanks on behalf of the individuals of Delhi,” the AAP Nationwide Convenor wrote on X.
Each the AAP and the Congress have been locked in an intense battle, over numerous points, for fairly a while. Although the 2 events fought the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi below the INDIA bloc, they’re combating the meeting elections individually.
The 2 events had blamed each other for the ballot debacle within the Capital throughout the parliamentary elections.
Final month, Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken’s remarks {that a} tie-up with the AAP throughout the Lok Sabha polls was a “mistake” additional worsened relations between the allies. The AAP stated it’ll ask different members of the INDIA bloc to take away the Congress from the alliance, if the latter doesn’t act in opposition to Mr Maken for his remarks.
Voting for the 70-member Delhi Meeting can be held in a single section on February 5 and the outcomes can be introduced on February 8.
The Congress, which was in energy for 15 consecutive years in Delhi, suffered setbacks within the final two meeting elections and didn’t win any seat. In distinction, the AAP dominated the 2020 meeting elections by successful 62 out of 70 seats whereas the BJP obtained solely eight seats.
