New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said she has not ruled out an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in the possibility of a hung assembly in Delhi which goes to polls Dec 4.
“Won’t comment on alliance with AAP. I didn’t rule it out, I didn’t rule it in,” Dikshit told CNN-IBN in an interview.
Dikshit has always refused to acknowledge the year-old AAP’s potential of harming the Congress’ prospects of winning the Delhi polls for the fourth straight time.
Several opinion polls have suggested the AAP emerging as a major political force and eating into the votes of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress.
A survey predicted a win for AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal against incumbent legislator Sheila Dikshit in the New Delhi constituency.
Taking a jibe at the AAP, Dikshit said: “There are those who took up ‘jhadoo’ (broom) to clean up corruption but the sting operation has shown that even they are corrupt.”
However, in the interview, the three-time chief minister said she was confident of Congress winning its fourth term in Delhi.
“The citizens know that the Dec 4 elections are for Delhi and are not general elections. We are suffering from pro-incumbency and not anti-incumbency.” (IANS)
