No alliance with Congress in Delhi polls: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal

Rejecting media reports which claimed the AAP-Congress tie up is likely, Kejriwal wrote on X, "Aam aadmi party will be fighting this election on its own strength in Delhi. There is no possibility of any alliance with congress."

The rumour about a possible tie up started after Kejriwal joined the INDIA bloc meeting over the alleged tampering of EVMs and VVPAT machines in the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.

Kejriwal joined the meeting with other senior opposition leaders including the ones from the Congress.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the AAP and Congress fought in an alliance. The AAP contested in four out of seven Lok Sabha seats while Congress in the rest.

However, the INDIA bloc drew a blank as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept all seven seats in the national capital.

Kejriwal, who handed over the chief minister's post to his colleague Atishi earlier this year, is concentrating heavily on the party affairs.

In recent times, the AAP pitched in freebies, slammed the BJP on law and order in Delhi and inducted a number of personalities to the party fold.

In a significant move, the AAP has fielded popular civil services coaching teacher Avadh Ojha from Delhi's Patparganj while the outgoing MLA Manish Sisodia has been shifted to Jangpura for the upcoming assembly elections in the city.

Both Jangpura and Patparganj seats have been held by the AAP since 2013.

Delhi will go to polls early next year.

In the previous assembly elections held in 2020, the AAP won 62 out of 70 seats, BJP won eight and Congress drew a blank.