The Congress had offered to contest three of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats, leaving four to the AAP, which wanted the alliance extended to Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh as well . The alliance was meant to be a one-off tie-up aimed at defeatingthe BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, said Kejriwal. “The AAP came into existence raising the issue of the Congress indulging in corruption. He agreed that fighting air pollution, which is now a health emergency, cannot be conditional to Delhi getting full statehood. The constant inflow of people into the national capital, Kejriwal said, was a big challenge for the Delhi government.

Source: Hindustan Times May 11, 2019 03:11 UTC