Talking to the Millennium Post, she blamed the TV channels of quoting her out of context. “Between the BJP and the AAP, we can be with the latter. But that would be decided by the party depending on the circumstances and taking several factors into account including stability and keeping the communal forces at bay,” Dikshit said.
Delhi is headed for fresh election and everybody is eagerly waiting for the Election Commission to announce the schedule. Delhi Congress has already announced the names of 24 candidates.
However, this is not the first time that Dikshit’s statement has caused a stir. She had earlier on September 10 last year said that the Bharatiya Janata Party should be given an opportunity to form the government in Delhi, evoking strong reaction from her party colleagues. She later clarified that the BJP should form the government and let the House get dissolved for fresh polls.
Dikshit, who had led the Congress to spectacular victories in assembly polls in Delhi in 1998, 2003 and 2009, lost out to AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal in 2013.
Delhi Pradesh Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely was not available for comments on Dikshit’s statements. The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma said that the party will neither support any other party nor take support from them.
The AAP, on the other hand, said that they did not expect any support from the Congress.
Former minister Manish Sisodia told the media that he did not expect the Congress to win even one of the 70 seats.
“In any case, we are confident of coming to power on our own,” he said.
After winning just eight seats in the 2013 election that ended 15 years of its rule in Delhi, the Congress propped up a minority government of AAP headed by Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP leader, however, resigned on February 2014 after just 49 days in office.
The BJP had then finished as the single largest party but declined to form the government.
Delhi is headed for fresh election and everybody is eagerly waiting for the Election Commission to announce the schedule. Delhi Congress has already announced the names of 24 candidates.
However, this is not the first time that Dikshit’s statement has caused a stir. She had earlier on September 10 last year said that the Bharatiya Janata Party should be given an opportunity to form the government in Delhi, evoking strong reaction from her party colleagues. She later clarified that the BJP should form the government and let the House get dissolved for fresh polls.
Dikshit, who had led the Congress to spectacular victories in assembly polls in Delhi in 1998, 2003 and 2009, lost out to AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal in 2013.
Delhi Pradesh Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely was not available for comments on Dikshit’s statements. The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee’s chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma said that the party will neither support any other party nor take support from them.
The AAP, on the other hand, said that they did not expect any support from the Congress.
Former minister Manish Sisodia told the media that he did not expect the Congress to win even one of the 70 seats.
“In any case, we are confident of coming to power on our own,” he said.
After winning just eight seats in the 2013 election that ended 15 years of its rule in Delhi, the Congress propped up a minority government of AAP headed by Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP leader, however, resigned on February 2014 after just 49 days in office.
The BJP had then finished as the single largest party but declined to form the government.