Ruling out the need for an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said the decision on a coalition with the party, however, would be taken by the Congress high command.
Talking to media persons in New Delhi after meeting Congress president Rahul Gandhi to discuss a host of State Government and party related issues, particularly in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, he said
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was totally non-existent in Punjab, and there was absolutely no need for the Congress in the state to go in for alliance with the Arvind Kejriwal’s party.
"AAP had become defunct, with no identity now in Punjab, as against the situation prevailing in the last Lok Sabha elections," he asserted, adding that any decision on a coalition with AAP or any other party would be taken by the Congress high command, keeping in mind the national perspective and electoral compulsions, and would be followed by PPCC, said Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.