The BJP on Saturday took a jibe at the AAP and the Congress after the two INDIA alliance partners announced their seat-sharing alliance and reminded Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of his promise of putting the leaders of the grand old party in jail.  Lambasting the Congress-AAP alliance in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP said the move “shows Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has lost his connection” with the Delhiites.

BJP MP from Delhi Manoj Tiwari lashed out at the AAP and the Congress alleging that Kejriwal-led party has been disappointed with the seat-sharing formula in the alliance.  “Kejriwal attacked the Congress time and again and removed it from power in Delhi, but now they are forming an alliance. The alliance also shows both the parties’ disappointments. The parties collaborated for their own benefits,” he said.

“You must have heard ‘chor chor mausere bhai’. That is what is happening between AAP and Congress. AAP workers are disappointed because Arvind Kejriwal used to speak about putting Congress leaders in jail but he is now at their feet,” said Tiwari said. The BJP leader alleged the AAP “doesn’t care about the citizens well being” and added that they have formed an alliance “for their own benefits”.  “Two parties joining hands doesn’t mean they can garner more votes from the citizens. They don’t care about the well-being of the Delhiites, they only care about their personal benefits,” he alleged.

In a statement, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said, “Kejriwal’s alliance with the Congress shows he has lost his connection with the Delhiites. The AAP knows that rural population, traders and Dalits of Delhi are not with them”.

“By deciding to ally with the Congress, the Delhi CM who has 62 of 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly has shown that he has lost faith of almost half of Delhi,” he added.  Sachdeva said the people of Delhi are “shocked to see” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress forming an electoral alliance and added that, irrespective of the collaboration, the BJP will win all seven Lok Sabha seats of Delhi.

 “Irrespective of this alliance, the BJP will win all 7 Lok Sabha seats of Delhi with huge margin on the basis of support from all sections of the society,” Sachdeva said. “The people of Delhi are surprised that till the other day, both the Congress and the AAP called each other corrupt and today they formed an alliance,” he added.

Speaking about the seat-sharing formula between the AAP and the Congress, Sachdeva alleged that by giving the Northwest Delhi seat to the Congress, the AAP leadership has confirmed that it has lost connect with the rural population and the Dalit voters.  “Northwest Delhi is a SC reserved seat of large rural population along with huge scheduled caste population. By surrendering that seat, the AAP has proven that they don’t connect with the rural and the Dalit population anymore,” he alleged. “Congress will contest on North East, Chandni Chowk and North West seats. AAP will contest in New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi. As a part of the INDIA Alliance, we had said earlier too that we will follow the order of high command…We will have a positive result in the time to come,” Delhi Congress Chief  Arvinder Singh Lovely said.

Meanwhile, Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi has claimed that Arvind Kejriwal can be arrested soon after the party announced its alliance with the Congress in Delhi, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Goa and Haryana.

“Ever since the INDIA alliance seat sharing was nearly finalised, Arvind Kejriwal started getting threats from all sides. We were told, if we don’t exit the alliance, after ED, CBI will also frame charges against Arvind Kejriwal to arrest him. We have information that the CBI will issue a notice on Monday, and probably in some days, Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested,” she claimed.