Setback For INDIA Bloc: AAP To Go Solo For Upcoming Delhi Assembly Polls

New Delhi: In a jolt to the India Bloc, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his party would not form any alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi.

The Delhi Assembly polls, expected early next year, will decide the fate of the 70-member legislature. At present, the ruling AAP currently holds 62 seats in the Delhi Assembly.

Kejriwal mentioned about his party’s plans to go solo while responding to reporters during a press conference on Sunday.

The Delhi elections are likely to test AAP’s governance credentials against the BJP’s efforts to expand. This comes at a time when the INDIA bloc, a coalition of 26 opposition parties, had been hoping to consolidate anti-BJP votes in the capital. But Kejriwal’s announcement hints at a potential fracture in unity.

This is not the first time that AAP had refused to forge an alliance. Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kejriwal had ruled out a tie-up with the Congress in Punjab. He had announced that his party would contest all 13 seats on its own in Punjab.

At the press conference, the former Delhi Chief Minister also addressed the incident in which a liquid substance was allegedly thrown at him during a padyatra on Saturday. He slammed the central government over what he described as the complete breakdown of law and order in the national capital.