AAP says will contest Lok Sabha elections in states to defeat BJP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday decided to contest parliamentary elections in states where it believes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can be defeated.

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann said his party wasn’t in "formal or informal" talks with the Congress for an alliance and it was capable of contesting elections independently in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Goa and Chandigarh.

The consensus in AAP’s national executive was that the "autocracy" of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in the country is "dangerous" for the people and the freedom of the country, AAP Delhi convenor Gopal Rai told reporters after