Not part of any coalition or in alliance with any political party: AAP

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party AAP which is maintaining its distance from the Congress while being aggressive in its antiBharatiya Janata Party BJP stance appears to have still not decided whether or not to do business with the main opposition party in parliament in the 2019 Lok Sabha electionsSenior party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh hinted as much when he said that there is a need for an antiBJP formation to checkmate the saffron party ahead of the general elections But on the question of a tieup with Congress he said the stage has not come as yet and the Congress has not approached it to be part of an allianceThere is no initiative from the Congress or from the AAP for an alliance In the three states Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh where we fought the assembly elections we did not have a tieup with the Congress anywhere First there should be talks between the two sides and an initiative to actually know if we are comfortable together or not There is no initiative from the Congress or from the AAP for an alliance Singh told IANS in an interviewThe BJP swept Delhi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections winning all the seven seats while the AAP emerged as the main party in the assembly polls a year later winning a staggering 67 of the 70 seatsThough there has been no direct political contact between the Congress and the AAP Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shared the stage last week at a farmers rally and a similar rally at Janatar Mantar Both were also present at the swearingin ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy earlier this yearSupporting the idea of a coalition by terming it the need of the hour to stop the BJP Singh asserted that it was important for the nation and for democracy that the opposition parties are united against the BJP throughout the countryHowever he also said although the AAP is not part of any alliance or coalition its antiBJP stand is clear and so the party welcomes any sort of alliance to fight communal politics in the countryThe BJP has to be stopped and challenged for the economic betterment of the nationCiting examples of the Lok Sabha byelections in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh Phulpur Kairana and Gorakhpur where the BJP was trounced Singh said a coalition of parties is an option to remove the BJPOur antiBJP stand is very clear In Kairana we did not put up a candidate RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal was contesting the election against BJP We will not support the BJP so our people campaigned for RLD and this is the current situation We are also not a part of the grand alliance But we feel it is important to stop the BJPHe said the important thing is not whether AAP is part of an alliance or not but until the opposition alliance is formed with or without the AAP it will be difficult to stop the BJP A coalition is the need of the hour to stop the BJP and if there is an equation on that throughout the country it will be helpfulWe AAP feel there is no discussion in the country on serious issues related to farmers youth and the economy There is an attempt to disturb the communal atmosphere of the nation It is important for the nation and for the democracy to have a coalition against the BJP throughout the countryHe urged the parties to stand together to raise serious issues during the general elections which the BJP will try to hide with nonissues like the Ram TempleFor the 2019 elections the BJP will bring and discuss nonissues It will try to make issues out of nonissues and has started doing this with the Ram Temple discussion They did not and will not speak about the employment to youths black money the price of the dollar petrol and diesel Singh saidThe National Spokesperson of the AAP also said Modi in his speeches never discusses his poll promisesSo even if we speak about the work what exactly has he done It is demonetisation that broke the backbone of the economyIndia is an emotional country and the Prime Minister is taking advantage of this He is an expert in raising emotional issues but never speaks on serious issues like Rafale It doesnt matter what the caste of the Prime Minister is or what he did before becoming PM We want to know about black money bullet trains farmers issues and when the rupee will reach 40 to the dollarSpeaking about the strategy of AAP for 2019 he said the party will contest in 80100 seats across the nationThe party will fight elections in all the seats in Delhi Haryana Punjab and Goa We will also contest some seats in other statesHowever Singh said the candidates and other strategies will be announced after December 11 when the results of elections in five states Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Telangana and Mizoram will be outCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the 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