BJP not concerned whether AAP, Cong contest LS polls separately or in alliance: Manoj Tiwari

The BJP is not concerned whether the AAP and the Congress contest the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi separately or in an alliance, BJP leader Manoj Tiwari said Tuesday, asserting that his party will win all the seven parliamentary seats here.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the "B team" of the Congress and as per their political needs, the parties can decide if they want to come together or fight the polls alone, the BJP's Delhi unit chief said.

In this election, the BJP will again win all the seats in Delhi and this time, it will be with bigger margins, he said.

Taking a dig at Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit, he said it does not matter if the Congress fights the polls alone or in an alliance, Dikshit is "pragmatic" enough to sense defeat of her party in the general elections.

Dikshit, who met Congress president Rahul Gandhi along with other leaders of the party's Delhi unit on Monday, said there was unanimity over having no alliance with the AAP for the polls.

Tiwari said,"We have nothing to do with whether the AAP and the Congress tie-up or not for the Lok Sabha polls."
Attacking AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Tiwari said "he (Kejriwal) is laying at the feet of the Congress and pleading for an alliance, but Sheila Dikshit is not impressed."