No INDIA Unity In Haryana? AAP Announces First List of Candidates As Tie-up Talks With Congress Fail

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released a list of 20 candidates for the assembly elections in Haryana, suggesting that the party would not enter into any alliance with the Congress.

AAP Haryana chief Sushil Gupta said that the party “waited honestly” for the alliance with Congress and added that it would release the second list soon.

As per the party’s list, the AAP has fielded its Haryana unit vice president, Anurag Dhanda, from Kalayat, while Indu Sharma has been from Bhiwani. Vikas Nehra has been fielded from Meham and Bijender Hooda from Rohtak.

The last date for filing nominations for the 90-member assembly is September 12.

The talks between the AAP and the Congress had been stuck over the number of seats to be contested by the AAP, with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party demanding 10 seats and the Congress offering five.

Elections to the Haryana assembly are scheduled to be held on October 5 and the results will be declared on October 8.

‘We Waited Honestly…’: AAP On Alliance With Congress

AAP Haryana chief Sushil Gupta said that his party is ready to fight the elections in the state.

“We’ve released the first list of candidates and soon you will get the second list. There is very little time left for the elections. We waited honestly (for the alliance) because the organisation is strong in every assembly and that strong organization wanted us to contest the elections. We have shown our patience and after that, we released our list. We were a partner of the INDIA Alliance. We are a partner of INDIA alliance at the national level,” he said.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said, “Nominations have to be made by the 12th, there is very little time left and our priority is to remove the Bharatiya Janata Party. Today, a list of 20 candidates has been released, I heartily congratulate all of them on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal and we are committed to fulfill the 5 guarantees. More lists will be released soon. In Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party will fight the elections strongly…”

On the question of AAP-Congress alliance in Haryana, Congress MP Deepender Hooda said, “Even our list has been released. Talks are underway. The issue is of 10 years of misgovernance by the BJP government.”