It's official! There will be no AAP-Congress alliance

NEW DELHI: After much speculation and back-door talks, the AAP and Congress have finally decided against any alliance.

While the Congress will announce the list of candidates by Saturday, the AAP said the party can fight alone and defeat BJP and Congress in Delhi.

"AAP wanted to have an alliance in other states also which is not practical. Every state is different," Congress in-charge for Delhi PC Chacko said during a press conference.

The leader further said that the Congress would announce the seats either on Saturday or Sunday but added that they are still open for an alliance in Delhi. "We will announce the seats tomorrow or day after tomorrow. If they are ready for an alliance in Delhi with Congress, we are ready even today," he said.

The Congress's reaction came hours after AAP's Gopal Rai said that the Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) has entered into an alliance in Haryana for Lok Sabha elections. "JJP will contest on 7 seats and AAP will contest on three seats in Haryana," he said.

For an alliance with the grand old party, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's party demanded Gurgaon, Faridabad and Karnal seats — three Haryana constituencies in the National Capital Region (NCR) — in return for giving up on major Delhi seats.