Kejri-Nitish
meet
AAP not keen
on alliance with Congress
The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has conveyed
to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that he is not averse to bringing all
like-minded parties together to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. But
the AAP will have no truck with the Congress as the party has lost its moorings
with no prospects of its revival. Kejriwal
is reported to have also expressed the view that senior Congress leaders are
moving towards the BJP in large numbers.
However, Congress workers in states after states are flocking towards
the AAP. He explained to Nitish Kumar that AAP has been effectively replacing
Congress in states due to its pro-people policies.
Since this
was the first formal meeting between the two leaders on devising strategy to
defeat the Modi government in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, they agreed to explore
it further. Nitish Kumar, however, is of the firm view that without the
Congress there can be no national viable alternative. K C Tyagi, senior general
secretary of the JD(U) said that Nitish Kumar is of the firm view that without
the Congress and the Left, there can be no effective and viable national
alternative. Nitish Kumar, during his 4-day stay in Delhi held a series of
meetings with the Opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi (Congress) and Sharad Pawar (NCP).
Nitish Kumar
is of the firm view that a "Common Minimum Program" (CMP) be evolved
first and differences among Opposition parties can be resolved in due course.
Nitish Kumar's agenda during this current visit is to frame a CMP while other
issues can be sorted out later. The AAP
is not enthused for any alliance with the Congress and focusing on Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat during the Assembly polls this year end. It dislodged
Congress in Delhi and Punjab.
