AAP adamant on fresh polls in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday urged Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to dissolve the Delhi Assembly and conduct fresh polls.

"We cleared AAP's stand to the LG which is the same as it was eight months ago, that we want Delhi Vidhan Sabha to be dissolved," AAP leader Manish Sisodia told mediapersons after meeting with the Lieutenant Governor.

The AAP leader further said the LG has informed them that both Congress and the BJP are also in favour of dissolving the Delhi Assembly.

"We also asked him what other parties have to say when he called them; he told that all parties are in favor of dissolving Delhi Assembly. The BJP and the Congress both want fresh elections and we also want the same so that to get rid of expensive electricity, water and corruption, the people can select a government of their choice which can relieve them from all these," he said.

Sisodia reiterated that the Aam Aadmi Party is ready for fresh polls in Delhi.

Earlier in the day, the Congress also demanded fresh polls and immediate dissolution of the Delhi Assembly.

Congress leader Haroon Yusuf told the media that he has cleared his party's stand during the meeting with Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and urged him to conduct fresh polls in Delhi.

The BJP has so far kept silent on the contentious issue of government formation in Delhi.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal had earlier in the day urged the Lieutenant Governor to disclose the BJP's official stand over government formation in view of the party's leaders meeting with him.

Delhi has been under President's Rule since February after Kejriwal-led AAP government stepped down after 49 days in power.

The BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal coalition has 29 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly. The alliance had won 32 seats in the Delhi Assembly polls held last year, but three BJP MLAs were elected to the Lok Sabha in the general elections. The AAP had won 28 seats in the polls.