Updated 7 June 2024 at 20:40 IST
New Delhi: Day after the Lok Sabha election results were declared, AAP on Thursday broke its ties with the Congress as Delhi minister Gopal Rai said that the party will be fighting alone in the Delhi Assembly elections. and said that at the meeting on Thursday, it was agreed that people's mandate in the Lok Sabha polls was against "dictatorship".
"We fought the elections in the most adverse circumstances. Our top leaders are in jail. The victory margin has reduced on all the seats," he told news agency PTI. Talking to reporters, Rai said there was disappointment among AAP workers after Kejriwal's arrest but the party remained united even in difficult circumstances and put up a good fight against "dictatorship".
He asserted that the biggest advantage of the AAP-Congress alliance has been that the victory margins of the BJP candidates in Delhi have reduced.
"It was decided in the meeting that on June 8, we will hold a meeting with councillors and on June 13, a meeting will be held with all party workers of Delhi. Since Kejriwal is in jail, our struggle will continue," the AAP Delhi convener said.
It was also decided that all party MLAs will hold meetings with workers on Saturday and Sunday to speed up the development works since the Model Code of Conduct has been lifted. The AAP-Congress combine drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, with BJP effecting a clean sweep on all seven parliamentary seats for a record third time.
(With inputs from PTI)
Published 6 June 2024 at 19:11 IST