AAP not going to give more than two seats to Cong if alliance done in Delhi only: sources

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The is digging in its heels on the issue of alliance and is not ready to give more than two seats in to the if the alliance is limited to the national capital, sources said.

Following the meeting, the party said it is ready to have further discussion with and has appointed a to take the matter forward. has appointed Singh to hold alliance talks with but no has been hired by Congress yet.

sources said if Congress wants alliance only in then it has to be in the 5:2 ratio and if an alliance is sealed for both Delhi and then the ratio can be 4:3 in the national capital and 6:3:1 in

In the 6:3:1 ratio, Congress would contest six seats, three seats while AAP one seat, the sources said.

"The talks of alliance between AAP and Congress are presently stalled," the sources said.

"Alliance talks cannot be carried out on It has to be discussed properly between the two parties and for that we have appointed our representative," said AAP's Rai.

"It was decided (in the meeting) that we would convince Congress that contesting together on 18 seats of Delhi, and Chandigarh would mean a definite loss for BJP," Rai added.

Kejriwal has clearly said that the Modi-Shah duo "is a danger for the country and till the end, we will try to stop it," Singh told reporters after the meeting.

"An alliance with Congress would send the message that Modi would not be becoming the again," he added.

Amid a continuing blame game over seat-sharing in Delhi, and Monday engaged in a public spat, with the Congress accusing the AAP of making a "U-turn" over alliance talks, prompting the to hit back at him.

Gandhi had said while the doors of his party are open, time is running out, but Kejriwal slammed him, questioning what U-turn was he talking about as the talks were still on.

The Congress has offered the AAP a 4:3 seat-sharing formula four Lok Sabha seats for the ruling party and three for itself while the AAP has proposed 5:2 ratio( five for itself and two for the grand old party).

The Congress said its proposal is based of the vote share of both parties in 2017 civic polls here.

The Congress has accused the Kejriwal-led outfit of backing out on its commitment, as it is demanding seats in Goa, Haryana, and Chandigarh, besides Delhi for a pre-poll understanding with the Congress.

In response to Gandhi's tweet, AAP's Singh said, "Congress is not giving even a single seat to AAP in where it has four MPs and 20 MLAs and in Haryana."

"In Delhi, where the Congress has zero MPs and MLAs, it is demanding three seats. Is this how agreement happens? Why do not you want to stop the BJP in other states," he asked.

The AAP has announced its candidates on the seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi, while the Congress has finalised names of its candidates which could be announced soon.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, AAP said its Lok Sabha candidates would file their nominations from Thursday.

Rai said the party's west Delhi candidate would file his nomination on Thursday while Chandni Chowk candidate Pankaj Gupta, East Delhi candidate Atishi and North West Delhi candidate would file their nominations on Saturday.

On Monday, South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha, North East candidate and candidate would file their nomination, Rai said.

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First Published: Tue, April 16 2019. 20:45 IST