AAP: Will fight Delhi polls alone, against 'overconfident' Congress, 'arrogant' BJP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) declared on Wednesday (October 9) that it will contest the Delhi Assembly elections on its own against an "overconfident" Congress and an “arrogant” BJP.

"In Delhi, the AAP will contest alone. We are capable of fighting the overconfident Congress and arrogant BJP alone," AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar told the media.

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Zero seats

She blamed the Congress for not taking alliance partners seriously in Haryana and ultimately facing a defeat due to overconfidence.

"The Congress has had zero seats in the Delhi Assembly for the past 10 years, yet the AAP gave the Congress three seats in the Lok Sabha polls; still they did not feel necessary to take allies along in Haryana," she said.

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Kakkar claimed that the Congress thwarted all efforts by the INDIA bloc to forge an alliance in Haryana and "didn't feel it necessary to take its ally along with them".

AAP draws blank in Haryana

The AAP and the Congress failed to stitch up a pre-poll alliance in Haryana due to differences over seat sharing.

While the AAP lost all seats it contested in Haryana, the Congress fell well short of the majority mark, aiding the ruling BJP to return for a third consecutive time.

The AAP and the Congress had fought Lok Sabha elections together in Haryana.

AAP on Kashmir win

Kakkar credited the AAP's solitary win in Jammu and Kashmir to the party's development-driven politics.

AAP leader and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, she said.

The AAP’s Mehraj Malik defeated the nearest BJP rival in Doda constituency in the state by 4,538 votes.

"Mehraj Malik is a very hard-working person, and he has been with the party since the time of the movement and struggle," Kakkar said.