Support to AAP not unconditional: Congress
Senior Congress leader of Delhi Kiran Walia
says there’s always scope for a rethink if AAP doesn’t deliver
New Delhi: A day ahead of AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal's
expected decision on the issue of formation of government in Delhi, Congress
said tonight its support to AAP was "not unconditional".
Senior Congress leader of Delhi Kiran Walia told NDTV "we have
said we will not bring down your government. But the support is not for always.
There's always the scope for a rethink if they don't deliver."
Congress, after being routed in Delhi Assembly polls, had said
it would be giving unconditional support to AAP to form the government.
AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Delhi, Shakeel Ahmed,
had said "a number of senior leaders of Delhi are of the opinion that we should
give unconditional support to AAP to form a government. They believe that we
should extend outside support to it.
The Delhi polls threw up a fractured mandate with no party
securing majority in the 70-member assembly and BJP emerging as the single
largest party with 32 seats. BJP's ally Akali Dal has one MLA.
AAP has got 28 seats in the assembly followed by Congress'
eight.
Despite emerging as the single largest party with 31 seats, BJP
has declined the offer of the Lt Governor to form the government citing that it
did not have the numbers.
The Lt Governor has already recommended that Delhi be put under
President's rule with the new assembly in suspended animation among other
options.
Meanwhile, AAP today held public meetings at around 80 places
in the city to gauge the opinion of the people on formation of government with
the "unconditional" support from Congress, the reponse for which so far has been
in affirmative.
"I have held meetings in three places today and most of the
people who attended said we should form the government. If the sentiment is same
in all the wards, then respecting the people's verdict, we may form the
government but the final decision would be taken only after Sunday," Manish
Sisodia, MLA from Patparganj constituency, said after a meeting in Khichripur
village.
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