A war of words between the Delhi Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) escalated on Wednesday with both mocking the political influence of each other.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh asked Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken to have control over his party or it could again lose deposits in the election. The Congress leaders retaliated pointing to the "AAP getting less votes than NOTA" in recent Assembly elections.
The slanging match began with Delhi Maken tweeting a news report and quoting, "Rajiv Gandhi Bharat Ratna resolution: AAP may have jeopardised possible 2019 alliance with Congress."
He referred to speculated possibility of an alliance between the AAP and the Congress for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Singh, who is a Rajya Sabha MP of the AAP, tweeted in reply to Maken, "Ajay ji control your party. If you behave like this then Congress will again lose its deposit. By the way, having so much pride despite getting zero seats (in Delhi) could be learnt from Maken." Singh came under sharp attack from Delhi Congress over his tweet. The chief spokesperson of Delhi Congress Sharmistha Mukherjee blamed AAP leaders of living in an "illusionary world" without realizing that they are "fast losing" ground in Delhi. Mukherjee said that all the promises made by the AAP have turned out to be hollow. "Mohalla Clinics have become a refuge for stray cattle and vagabonds, school education is in a total mess in the Capital," she added.
She said that the DCT fleet of 5,600 buses left behind by the previous Congress Government, has now been reduced to just about 3000 odd buses, and the metro fares were hiked twice in one year to make metro travel beyond the reach of the common people.
"The terrible defeats of AAP in recent Assembly elections has not taught any lessons to its leaders," Delhi Congress leader Chatar Singh said.