Reflecting the unease within the Congress over the move to support Arvind Kejriwal's party, general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, "There is also an opinion that perhaps the decision to support AAP in this manner was not correct. Some people feel this."
He added "We have given our support to AAP. We expect that AAP delivers good results, works on its manifesto and do good for people."
Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel said in Ahmedabad, "in an organisation, there are different voices but right now our support is for Aam Admi Party...We will see what happens later."
The remarks of the senior party leaders came a day after scores of Congress supporters held a demonstration outside the DPCC office against the party's decision to extend outside support to AAP to form the government in Delhi.
Ever since AAP decided to form a government in Delhi with Congress support, the leaders of Congress have been repeatedly emphasising that their support to AAP is not unconditional.
Moreover there is a view that Congress was caught napping as the leaders, who favoured supporting AAP to form government, were of the belief that Kejriwal will avoid staking claim to power.
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