Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra has said that the Congress party was ready for a pre-poll alliance with AAP in Delhi assembly polls but Kejriwal refused.
“Congress was always ready to go in alliance but it is Arvind Kejriwal who refused to be part of the alliance. He was not ready for a joint election,” he said.
Karra, while highlighting the importance of the Congress party, said the results were distressing but it was clear that any opposition alliance would be incomplete without the grand old party.
“One thing that has emerged out of this whole process is that as far as the INDIA bloc is concerned, I think it is a message to all the constituents that without the Congress, you cannot do anything,” he said.
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Karra said, in my humble opinion, the results in the Delhi elections are a clear indication that the INDIA bloc needs to fight in an organised manner against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), but without the Congress, it won’t be possible.
They must not get into petty issues, as the message is very loud and clear to all India bloc constituents that Congress is the main ideological opponent to the ruling BJP,” he said.
“We have made sacrifices, including in Jammu and Kashmir. But if they (constituents) still feel going alone is the option, then they should be ready for results like Delhi,” he warned.
The Congress leader further said that the outcome of the Delhi elections was the defeat of Kejriwal.
“It was a defeat of Kejriwal, his high-headedness that he could do miracles without the Congress. His arrogance cost him the government. Had he continued to fight in alliance, the BJP would not have come to power in Delhi,” he said.
Meanwhile, Omar Abdullah also trolled the INDIA bloc partner AAP and Congress with his cryptic post on X saying, “Aur lado apas me”.
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