Kejriwal Gets Support Of 2 Big INDIA Bloc Allies As AAP Takes On BJP, Congress In Delhi Polls - News18
The INDIA bloc unity seems to be weakening ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls as Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday extended support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the upcoming polls, scheduled for February 5. TMC’s support came a day after Akhilesh Yadav offered support to AAP against the saffron camp in the national capital.
Notably, Congress and AAP are part of the INDIA bloc at the national level but they are contesting against each other in the Delhi polls. Congress is also contesting all 70 assembly seats in the national capital.
In a post on X, Kejriwal said he is “personally grateful" to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for extending her support to AAP.
“TMC has announced support to AAP in Delhi elections. I am personally grateful to Mamata Didi. Thank you, Didi. You have always supported and blessed us in our good and bad times," the former Delhi Chief Minister said.
Minutes later, Trinamool’s Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien responded to Kejriwal’s post, saying: “We have your back @AamAadmiParty."
We have your back @AamAadmiParty https://t.co/FXO59cummz— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) January 8, 2025
On Tuesday, soon after the Election Commission announced the dates for the Delhi Assembly election, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav offered his support to AAP following which Kejriwal extended his gratitude to Yadav.
“Thank you very much Akhilesh ji. You always support and stand with us. I and the people of Delhi are grateful for this," Kejriwal wrote on X.
Following TMC’s support to AAP ahead of Delhi polls, speculations regarding a possible rift in the INDIA bloc are rife. It is speculated that Congress is under pressure to give the leadership of the opposition bloc to Mamata Banerjee.
While Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly expressed her interest in leading the INDIA bloc, NCP-SP’s Sharad Pawar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav have also backed the Trinamool chief as the leader of the opposition bloc deepening the Congress woes.
The elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly are set to take place on February 5 and the votes for the same will be counted on February 8. The national capital will witness a triangular contest between the AAP, BJP and Congress.
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The Arvind Kejriwal-led party swept the 2015 and 2020 elections with 67 and 62 seats, respectively. On the other hand, the BJP was reduced to just single digits in the last two elections. Meanwhile, the Congress party, which once ruled Delhi for 15 years, will now be contesting the polls alone after having stitched an alliance with the AAP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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