Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a huge announcement for the Delhi Assembly elections to be held next year. He said that there will be no alliance in the polls and the AAP will contest alone to retain the NCT government for the third time. Reacting to a question about speculations of the alliance he said, "There will be no alliance in Delhi (for assembly elections)."
It was earlier speculated that in Delhi, the AAP and Congress may join hands against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kejriwal's statement came during a press conference in New Delhi. Meanwhile, Kejriwal also hit out at the BJP over the law and order situation in the national capital after he was attacked last night. He said, "I had this expectation that Amit Shah will take some action after I raised the issue (law & order)... But, instead of that, I was being attacked during my padyatra. Liquid was thrown at me, it was harmless, but it could have been harmful." Arvind Kejriwal also says, "Yesterday, one of our MLAs was arrested. The crime that he (Naresh Balyan) has committed is that he was the victim of gangsters. He had received calls from gangsters for ransom and threats, one to years year back. He had also filed to complain many a time."
Notably, the incident occurred during Kejriwal’s padyatra in the Greater Kailash area, part of his ongoing public engagement campaign ahead of the upcoming elections. Kejriwal was walking through a crowd of supporters when the attacker attempted to throw a liquid at him. Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, who was also present during the incident, confirmed that the liquid used was spirit. He described the assailant’s actions as a clear attempt to harm Kejriwal. "We could smell the spirit. The man was carrying spirit in one hand and a matchbox in the other," Bharadwaj said.
(With inputs from Anamika Gaur)
