New Delhi:
Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) Nationwide Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has stated that the Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Occasion have introduced assist to his occasion 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 Occasion (BJP) discreetly.
All of the 4 events – AAP, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Occasion and Congress – are companions within the Indian Nationwide Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) and had collectively fought the Lok Sabha elections final yr.
In a submit on X on Wednesday, Mr Kejriwal stated he’s “personally grateful” to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who can 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 Didi. Thanks Didi. You could have all the time supported and blessed us in our good and dangerous occasions,” 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 all the time supported and blessed us in our good and dangerous occasions.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 8, 2025
Minutes later, Trinamool’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien responded to Mr Kejriwal’s submit, saying: “We now have your again @AamAadmiParty.”
On Tuesday evening, Mr Kejriwal prolonged his gratitude to Samajwadi President President Akhilesh Yadav for his occasion’s assist to the AAP in subsequent month’s polls. “Thanks very a lot Akhilesh ji. You all the time assist and stand with us. I and the folks 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 Occasion 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 Occasion had thrown their weight behind the AAP within the 2020 Delhi meeting elections as nicely.
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 received the earlier two elections, they may repeat their efficiency this time. The Congress is campaigning nicely and we all know that the outcomes might 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”. “Individuals additionally felt that AAP is the opposition for Congress and BJP is its accomplice. Individuals additionally believed that BJP and Congress are preventing the elections collectively in opposition to AAP. Until now this cooperation between you two was secret. As we speak you’ve gotten made it public. Thanks on behalf of the folks 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 underneath the INDIA bloc, they’re preventing the meeting elections individually.
The 2 events had blamed each other for the ballot debacle within the Capital in the course of the parliamentary elections.
Final month, Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken’s remarks {that a} tie-up with the AAP in the course of the Lok Sabha polls was a “mistake” additional worsened relations between the allies. The AAP stated it’s going to 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 might be held in a single section on February 5 and the outcomes might 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 profitable 62 out of 70 seats whereas the BJP acquired solely eight seats.