Arvind Kejriwal: Rahul Gandhi refused to forge alliance with AAP for LS polls

Vishakhanpatnam, April 1 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi has refused to forge an alliance with the AAP for the Lok Sabha surveys in the national capital.

Talking to reporters at the airport here, the AAP leader said he had met Gandhi as of late and the Congress chief had refused to join hands with the AAP .

Asked about Congress' Delhi unit president Sheila Dikshit's remarks that Kejriwal never moved toward her for an alliance, the chief minister stated, We have met Rahul Gandhi. Dikshit isn't that important leader.

Kejriwal has been urging the Congress to stitch an alliance in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls to fend off the BJP from power.

Leaders in the Delhi unit of the Congress were separated over the issue of partnership with Dikshit and her three working presidents restricting it, party sources had said.

A top source in the party had recently said that chances of alliance were "slim" considering its long term repercussions in Delhi.

"The biggest question is by what means will Congress face the AAP in Assembly elections due in 2020 after the tie up. Also, the party does not increase much politically as it is being offered just 2-3 seat by Kejriwal," the source had said.

Congress had drawn a blank in the 2014 parliamentary elections in Delhi.

The talk of alliance was fuelled by the way that the Congress and AAP had together surveyed a bigger number of votes than the BJP that had walked away with all the seven seats in the national capital.

Delhi has 7 Lok Sabha seats and it will go to polls on May 12.



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