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\nEven as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s sit-in at the L-G\u2019s house has attracted the Opposition\u2019s support, the Congress continues to maintain a distance from Aam Aadmi Party, slamming its \u201ctrademark dharna politics\u201d and Khalistan stand.<\/p>\n
\u201cAAP is a party without any ideology. Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the Leader of Opposition in Punjab, representing AAP is talking of Khalistan in this day and age. You want the Congress to join hands with a party which talks of Khalistan? No, it will never happen,\u201d Pawan Khera, Congress leader and a confidante of former CM Sheila Dikshit said today articulating the party\u2019s stand.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Congress veteran Ahmed Patel met TMC chief and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee this evening to signal a resilient anti-BJP Opposition unity despite the Delhi stalemate where the Congress has taken a stand reverse to the larger Opposition something Banerjee doesn\u2019t appear comfortable with.<\/p>\n
The meeting was timed after Banerjee, Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy, Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to the Centre seeking resolution of Kejriwal\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n
The Congress believes in its resurgence in Delhi and sees AAP as a dying force. Patel may well have hammered this point to Banerjee whose stand on coalitions has been clear. She has said everyone should back the party most likely to defeat the BJP in a given state. \u201cIn Delhi that\u2019s us,\u201d says Congress.<\/p>\n
On growing Opposition support for Kejriwal even from the DMK and JMM, Khera said, \u201cSorry, it is not the Congress which is isolated in this issue. It is Kejriwal. He is isolated and is seeking everyone\u2019s support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Further, the Congress media head says the alliances will not compromise party interests in states. Ideologically, the Congress sees AAP as closer to BJP. The party also asks why AAP fights elections only in states where Congress stands to gain in a bipolar contest. Cases in point are Punjab and now Haryana. \u201cAAP is BJP\u2019s B team and Kejriwal played a major role in making Narendra Modi the PM in 2014,\u201d says Delhi Congress chief Ajay Makan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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