During a meeting of ‘Mahagathbandhan’, leaders at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence last month, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had refused a proposal for alliance between his party and the AAP, citing opposition from its Delhi unit leaders.
The six candidates were earlier appointed as in-charge on the respective Lok Sabha seats. (Photo: Twitter | @Shalupcrf)
Ending speculations of an alliance with the Congress, the Aam Admi Party announced on March 2 names of party candidates on six of seven seats in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing a press conference here, Delhi AAP convener Gopal Rai said Atishi will contest from East Delhi, Guggan Singh from North-West Delhi, Raghav Chadha from South, Dilip Pandey from North-East, Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk and Brijesh Goyal will contest from New Delhi seats.
Rai said the candidate for West Delhi will be announced soon.
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The six candidates were earlier appointed as in-charge on the respective Lok Sabha seats.
Earlier in February, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal while urging the people to not allow votes to be divided, had said the Congress has refused to form an alliance with AAP in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Read | If Congress agrees to alliance with AAP, BJP will lose all 7 seats in Delhi: Kejriwal
He had also said that if the Congress agrees to the alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party would lose all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. He further said that he was tired of trying to convince the Congress for a tie.
The AAP chief said that the Congress had “nearly said no” to an alliance with the party in the national capital.
During a meeting of ‘Mahagathbandhan’, leaders at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence last month, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had refused a proposal for alliance between his party and the AAP, citing opposition from its Delhi unit leaders.
The opposition parties had decided on a pre-poll alliance to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP in the general elections.
(With PTI inputs)
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