AAP-Congress alliance would have restricted BJP, says Shiv Sena (UBT); Cong says Kejriwal wasn’t ready to join hands

Raut said it was bittersweet that some the parties could not signifier an confederation successful the Delhi election arsenic good successful different elections similar successful Haryana and Gujarat. ”In Delhi elections, it is wide that the combined ballot stock of AAP and Congress was much than that of BJP. While the BJP’s ballot stock was 45.76 per cent, the AAP ballot stock was 43.55 per cent. And the Congress ballot stock was 6.36 per cent. The figures archer their ain story. If some AAP and Congress had enactment up a agreed beforehand alternatively than each different indulging successful pointing accusing fingers astatine each other, their script would person been wholly different,” helium said.

Raut said successful aboriginal elections, the INDIA bloc should travel unneurotic and combat the assembly elections. “We are hopeful that AAP and Congress volition larn lessons from the decision successful assembly elections and volition determine to combat the elections unitedly. We should not beryllium conscionable warring the elections unneurotic but we should beryllium seen unneurotic and agreed by the voters. This volition nonstop retired a beardown awesome among the voters. Let america anticipation Congress and AAP volition descend their differences successful the future,” helium said.

Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said, “The Congress was acceptable to signifier the alliance. However, the AAP was not funny successful joining hands. It seems AAP wanted to amusement that it tin triumph elections connected its own. It has intelligibly faltered. Had it formed the confederation with us, the concern would surely person been different.”

Londhe said successful the past assembly elections arsenic well, the Congress was keen to signifier an confederation with AAP but it was not acceptable to bash so. “The Congress should not beryllium blamed for the Delhi fiasco. The AAP is solely responsible,” helium said.

Londhe said for Haryana elections, Congress leaders had held discussions with AAP leaders. “Initially, they look to beryllium acceptable but erstwhile Arvind Kejriwal was released from jail, they decided to contention each seats successful Haryana wherever determination was a quality of lone 0.4 per cent successful the ballot stock of the Congress and BJP,” helium said, indirectly blaming the AAP for the party’s defeat.

Londhe said the Congress fought hard successful Delhi elections but could not succeed. ”We fought the predetermination to the last… Somehow we could not person the radical of Delhi… It was seen during the elections that radical inactive remembered the Sheila Dixit-government which gave bully governance. However, a cognition was created that the combat was betwixt AAP and the BJP, which outgo the Congress dearly.”

For the 3rd consecutive time, the Congress secured zero seats successful Delhi assembly elections. The BJP outplayed AAP by winning 48 seats. The AAP which ruled Delhi for a decennary had to stay contented with 22 seats.

A elder Congress person said, “I deliberation some Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi are not acceptable to springiness up connected their ego. They should go a small lighter. They look to person beardown grouses against each other. They don’t recognize who their communal force is. Kejriwal and his colleagues were sent to jailhouse by the Modi government. Rahul Gandhi and his household person for the archetypal clip faced tribunal cases by the Modi Government. So who is their communal enemy? Both of them are refusing to recognize this and due to the fact that of their ego hassles, their governments are crumbling.”

A elder Shiv Sena person said, “Both the leaders are beardown but stubborn and garbage to marque adjustments. They privation to outdo each different adjacent if it means helping the BJP. We bash not recognize what benignant of authorities they are playing. If this is the cognition of these leaders, the INDIA bloc volition ne'er win and volition ever person to play 2nd fiddle to BJP successful each the states.”

Pune AAP spokesperson Mukund Kirdat said, “It present seems similar had determination been an confederation betwixt AAP and Congress, the BJP would not person succeeded. I deliberation astatine slightest determination are 14-15 seats wherever the votes gained by Congress candidates person led to the decision of AAP candidates.”

Chetan Bendre, different AAP person said, “I was successful Delhi during the elections. In Arvind Kejriwal’s seats, atleast 40,000 names of voters were deleted… This was an illustration of however the BJP went all-out to triumph the election… It manipulated the election, it utilized the predetermination machinery and the constabulary unit to its advantage. It was by acold the astir unfair election.”

Meanwhile, activistic Anna Hazare said the radical of Delhi taught Arvind Kejriwal a acquisition for his government’s incorrect policies. “The Kejriwal authorities has been defeated due to the fact that of its liquor argumentation and its absorption connected money. Arvind Kejriwal failed to recognize that his work was to service the radical selflessly,” helium said.

“Liquor argumentation dented AAP’s image. Money remained the absorption which tarnished the party’s image. Arvind Kejriwal walked connected the incorrect path. He forgot helium should beryllium serving the radical selflessly. He lone spoke astir cleanable quality but implemented a liquor argumentation which radical did not like.”