New Delhi | September 8: Amid the speculations of a Congress-AAP alliance in Haryana for forthcoming assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti on Sunday said that before making an alliance, the AAP should evaluate its effectiveness and accused Congress and its prominent leaders of not campaigning for AAP candidates on their constituencies during Lok Sabha polls.
In a social media post on X, Bharti wrote, “Before AAP-Congress alliance is inked in Haryana, @AamAadmiParty must evaluate the effectiveness of similar alliance formed in Delhi during Loksabha Election.
Calling the alliance a “misfit” and “selfish”, Bharti suggested his party leaders contest elections solely in Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi.
Bharti further accused Congress leader Ajay Maken of working against the alliance and campaigning for BJP leader for money.
The tweet added, “While my national Convenor @ArvindKejriwal ji did roadshows for all the three Congress Candidates, senior leaders and cabinet ministers of AAP campaigned for all three Congress candidates but AAP candidates especially myself were not supported at all, especially by Congress Delhi and local leaders.”
“Delhi Congress Chief Sardar Arvinder Singh Lovely with many Cong leaders left Congress and joined BJP in the midst of the ongoing election campaign. Senior Congress leader Sri @ajaymaken refused to even meet, local leaders like Sri Jitender Kochchar (in Malviya Nagar) worked against this alliance and sought votes for BJP’s MP candidate allegedly for money. No event of Sri @RahulGandhi or Ms @priyankagandhi or Sri @kharge was organized in our parliamentary constituencies to consolidate Congress votes in our favour,” said Bharti.
Bharti suggested AAP contest elections alone on all 90 seats of Haryana to form the first non-BJP and non-Congress government in Haryana.
“Supporters of AAP are majorly not in favor of such a misfit and selfish alliance and AAP should contest on all seats in Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi on its own. @BJP4Haryana is on its deathbed, Congress facing massive in-fights, and Haryana being the home state of Kejriwal ji, @AamAadmiParty should contest on all 90 seats on its own strength to give first non-BJP and non-Congress Honest Govt in Haryana,” the tweet added.
Alleging Maken for hatching the “Imaginary Liqour Scam”, Bharti said that BJP and Congress both work together to defeat AAP.
The tweet said, “And we must not forget that the imaginary sharab Ghotala which gave BJP a reason to arrest our leaders for months and years was hatched and severely pursued by Sri Maken. When it comes to defeat AAP, BJP and Congress both work together openly or discreetly.”
The voting to the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the last date for filing nominations is September 12. The counting of votes will be held on October 8.
