AAP doesn't have an alliance or a tie-up with Congress: Yogendra Yadav

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav today said that they do not have an alliance or a tie-up with the Congress Party.

"We have always clarified we do not have an alliance, a tie-up, and not even have an understanding with the Congress Party, and it is for the Grand Old Party to decide whether it wants to extend or withdraw support," Yadav told media here.

"Entirely the Congress's prerogative to decide what they want to do about government formation in Delhi, not for me to advise them," he added.

Yadav's comments come a day after divisions in Congress came out in open over its support to the AAP to form government in Delhi.

Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi on Tuesday admitted that a group within the Congress thinks we shouldn't have extended support to AAP.

"There were divergent views within the Congress on extending support to the Aam Aadmi Party. There is an opinion in the Congress that the decision to support AAP was not correct," Dwivedi said.

"It is true that there are certain opinions in the party that we should not have extended support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi. The reason behind this is that the voters of Delhi did not support Congress to such an extent that we did not even come up as the main opposition," he added.

The Congress general secretary further said: "Since now a proposal (to support AAP) has already been made, we have to carry on with that as well. Perhaps we will have to find out a middle path."

Several Congress workers had earlier protested in front of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) headquarters against the decision of the party to support the AAP.

The workers also burnt effigies of Kejriwal, protesting against the abusive language used by several AAP leaders.

In a letter written to the Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, the Congress, which have 8 MLAs, decided to extend unconditional support to the AAP, which have 28 MLAs, to form the next government in Delhi.

On Monday, Kejriwal met Lt. Governor Jung and staked a claim to form the next government in Delhi with Congress support.

The AAP had bagged 28 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly. The BJP had emerged as the single largest party by winning 31 seats while the Congress had stood a poor third with eight seats.