Elections to the Haryana assembly are scheduled to be held on October 5 and the results will be declared on October 8. (Photos: PTI File)
Several rounds of meetings have been held so far between the AAP and the Congress but the announcement of candidates by Kejriwal’s party suggests talks have remained inconclusive
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released a list of 20 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana, suggesting no alliance with the Congress.
As per the party’s list, the AAP has fielded its Haryana unit vice president, Anurag Dhanda, from Kalayat, while Indu Sharma has been from Bhiwani.
Vikas Nehra has been fielded from Meham and Bijender Hooda from Rohtak.
The talks between the AAP and the Congress had been stuck over the number of seats to be contested by the AAP, with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party demanding 10 seats and the Congress offering five.
With no consensus reached, both sides decided to not enter an alliance.
AAP Haryana chief Sushil Gupta said that his party is ready to fight the elections in the state. “There is not much time is left in the elections. The AAP will provide a capable government in Haryana,” he said.
Earlier today, the AAP’s Haryana chief, Sushil Gupta, had said his party will declare candidates for all 90 seats by today evening if the Congress fails to finalise an alliance with it.
Gupta also told news agency PTI that every worker of the AAP in Haryana is ready to strongly contest all the 90 assembly seats.
Elections to the Haryana assembly are scheduled to be held on October 5 and the results will be declared on October 8.
The last date for filing nominations is September 12.
