AAP and Congress will tie up to contest LS polls in Gujarat: state AAP chief

Aam Aadmi Partys Gujarat unit chief Isudan Gadhvi on Monday caused a flutter by saying the AAP and the Congress will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat under a seatsharing formula as both the parties are members of the opposition INDIA allianceResponding to Gadhvis statement the Congress said the party will abide by the directions of Central leadershipThe Bharatiya Janata Party said the likely tieup between AAP and Congress will not affect the ruling partys poll prospects and dubbed AAP the B team of CongressBoth AAP and Congress are part of the INDIA alliance This poll alliance will also be implemented in Gujarat Though the talks of a tieup are still at the primary level it is sure that both AAP and Congress will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat under a seatsharing formulaIf everything goes as planned I guarantee that BJP will not be able to win all 26 seats in Gujarat this time Gadhvi told reporters hereHe said the Arvind Kejriwalled party has joined the INDIA bloc to defeat BJP in the Lok Sabha pollsAAPs Gujarat unit has already started doing research about seats on which the party can field candidates Gadhvi saidResponding to the sudden announcement by the Gujarat AAP chief the Congress said the final call will be taken by the Central leadershipI have just learned about his announcement Seatsharing agreements with other parties are finalised by the central leadership It is their prerogative to decide prepoll tieups State leadership will discuss this issue when it is raised by the central leadershipGujarat Congress will follow the directions of our national leaders in this regard Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi told media personsThe BJP has downplayed Gadhvis announcementWe have been winning all the 26 LS seats in Gujarat for the last two terms This time we target to win all the seats with a margin of 5 lakh votes The Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not scared of any such alliance We are confident of winning the pollsWith this announcement it has now come to the fore that AAP is a B team of Congress said Gujarat BJP spokesperson Rutvij PatelNotably in the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections the Congress and the AAP fought against each other While Congress secured 17 seats AAP managed to win five seats in the 182member HouseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever