Delhi Congress on Tuesday once again reiterated that the decision to form an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls has been left to the party president Rahul Gandhi. However, senior party insiders said that the alliance with AAP is very much on and is likely to be announced on Wednesday.
Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit leads a section of her party leaders who are opposed to have any truck with the AAP and she has made her opposition known. Addressing media persons on Tuesday, she said that whatever is decided by the party president will be accepted. However, she avoided saying anything over the issue.
However leaders of Delhi Congress are divided over the issue with Dikshit, three working presidents Haroon Yusuf, Devender Yadav, and Rajesh Lilolthia and two former presidents of the unit Yoganand Shastri and JP Agarwal, opposing the alliance as it may hurt the party's interests in the long run.
However, the other side including Chacko, and former Delhi Congress presidents Ajay Maken, Tajdar Babar, Subhash Chopra, and Arvinder Singh Lovely favour a pre-poll tie-up with the AAP, citing the rationale to defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
The AICC incharge of Delhi Congress, PC Chacko on Tuesday said detailed discussions on the issue have taken place with the Congress president, who is currently in Rajasthan and his final word on the decision is awaited.
"He (Rahul) will return very late tonight. So, may be tomorrow he will tell us what to do. It (the decision on alliance) is likely tomorrow," Chacko said.