New DelhiJun 23, 2025 22:24 IST
First printed on: Jun 23, 2025 at 22:20 IST
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On a day the AAP gained two of the three Meeting seats it contested in Punjab and Gujarat, celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal particularly focused the Congress, the newest sign of a break up from his INDIA bloc ally.
Addressing a press convention Monday on the AAP’s Delhi workplace, Kejriwal stated the outcomes had been a message to Congress staff that their celebration shares a “cozy” relationship with the BJP.
“This exhibits that the Congress has the identical standing in all states now — that of a puppet of the BJP trying to assist it win… Folks noticed how in Delhi in addition to Visavadar… how the Congress pulled out all stops to assist the BJP win. Your complete high management of the Congress is within the pocket of the BJP,” he alleged.
“A median Congress employee needs to defeat the BJP, however they see how the celebration’s high management is sitting in its pocket… To all of the Congress staff — don’t have any hopes from the Congress of defeating the BJP. Solely the Aam Aadmi Social gathering is making an attempt to save lots of the states and this nation from the BJP. All the most effective staff of the Congress ought to be a part of the AAP,” he stated.
The bypoll victories — each seats had been held by AAP earlier than they had been vacated — come amid the celebration’s plans to contest the Bihar Meeting elections and the UP Zila Panchayat polls alone. Senior leaders have stated they could go it alone within the UP Meeting elections as nicely.
Kejriwal stated: “We now have gained each these seats with virtually double the margin of vote share than in 2022. This can be a very massive indication that in Punjab, the place our authorities is in place, individuals are very pleased with its efficiency,” he stated.
Kejriwal stated the bypolls had been a “semifinal for 2027”, ostensibly referring to the forthcoming polls in states together with Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
The celebration’s victory in Gujarat, he stated, equally exhibited how “annoyed” the folks of the state had been with the BJP’s three-decade rule within the state.
Kejriwal added that the bypoll outcomes additionally confirmed that there was a direct contest solely between the AAP and the BJP so far as forthcoming elections had been involved.