“Talks are ongoing,” says AAP Haryana President Sushil Gupta on alliance with Congress

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 4 (ANI): Following the reported statement of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi that suggested an alliance with Aam Aadmi Party for Haryana polls, AAP Haryana state president Sushil Gupta on Wednesday said that the talks are ongoing and every worker of Aam Aadmi Party will accept the decision of high command.

“Today we have a road show and public meeting in Haryana. Manish Sisodia is going today. Our programs are going on in all 90 assembly seats, we are contesting elections in Haryana with full strength. Talks are going on for an alliance. Aam Aadmi Party is a disciplined party, we follow the orders of our high command. Right now the order of the High Command is that we should fight on all 90 seats and uproot the BJP government,” Sushil Gupta said.

“Our high command is engaged in the discussion (about the alliance), whatever decision will be taken on it will be in the interest of the country and the state and every worker of the Aam Aadmi Party will agree with it,” he added.

Earlier, AAP MP Sanjay Singh welcomed Rahul Gandhi’s reported idea of an alliance in Haryana.

“We welcome it. Our priority is to defeat the BJP… Our Haryana in-charge Sandeep Pathak and Sushil Gupta will discuss it and take a final decision and inform Arvind Kejriwal about it and a decision will be taken accordingly…,” said Sanjay Singh.

According to sources, Rahul has sought the opinion of Haryana Congress leaders over the possibility of an alliance with AAP for the forthcoming Haryana Assembly elections during the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting held in the national capital on Monday. The two parties had contested the Haryana assembly poll in an alliance.

According to sources, during the CEC meeting Rahul Gandhi asked about the possibilities of contesting elections as INDIA alliance and said that the party should make efforts to ensure that the votes of the alliance are undivided.

Arvind Kejriwal had earlier stated that his party would contest the Haryana Assembly polls in all 90 seats on its own strength. The elections in Haryana will be held in a single phase on October 5, and the counting of votes will happen on October 8.