The Congress, which was earlier considered a bitter rival by the AAP, joined hands with its INDIA ally for a protest at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday along with other opposition parties. The focus here was the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, but the irony cannot be missed as it took place on the day of his predecessor, the late Sheila Dikshit’s birth anniversary.
Kejriwal, who won his first election against Sheila Dikshit, is behind bars on corruption charges in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. But, his wife Sunita Kejriwal released a statement on his behalf at the protest held against the “death of democracy” saying, “Aapka Kejriwal sher hai (Your Kejriwal is a lion).”
The absence of some in the Congress, however, exposed the discomfort within the party over the alliance with the AAP in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Not everyone in the grand old party is happy with this alliance in the national capital while there is no such tie-up in Punjab, which is also ruled by the AAP. In Delhi, meanwhile, the seat-sharing between the two parties has been finalised.