‘Like the sangam of Ganga & Jamuna’: AAP, Congress leaders convince voters about alliance

In Delhi, the AAP and Congress have entered into a pact, with seats allocated in a four-three arrangement.

Sources said that these joint-meetings will take place across all assembly constituencies, the purpose of which will be to ensure clarity among the supporters of both the parties. “Currently, the Congress is talking about their own developments and the AAP is talking about theirs,” a Congress insider said. “To prevent confusion among voters, meetings are planned in each constituency to underscore the importance of supporting alliance candidates.”

In Ballimaran assembly constituency alone, three such meetings are planned for Thursday. Additionally, pamphlets will soon be distributed door-to-door by workers to encourage supporters of both parties to vote for the alliance candidates. “Many voters who do not keep in touch with politics might be unaware of the seat-sharing arrangement, this will educate them on how to support the alliance,” the source said.

At the first such meeting held Monday at Shakur Basti’s Rani Bagh, AAP and Congress leaders were seen to be all praise for each other. “When the Anna andolan took place in this country, we had no intentions to step into politics at that point of time; back then Manmohan Singh Ji was the PM and Sheila Dikshit was the CM and we were not scared of questioning the leadership… there have been so many instances that we have approached her (Dikshit) and talked to her. She had always been willing to listen,” Dr Arun Gupta, AAP’s in-charge of Shakur Basti, said. “This alliance will go beyond June 5, we will hopefully continue working together,” he added.

Stepping atop a podium that boasted both the parties’ flags, J P Agarwal, INDIA bloc’s candidate from the Chandni Chowk constituency who is fighting against BJPs Praveen Khandelwal, said: “The two parties working together is like the Sangam of Ganga and Jamuna in Allahabad…both the rivers have different colours, but when they meet in Allahabad they become one… this is how the INDIA alliance is.”

Agarwal said that in the current scenario, the only way to defeat their common enemy, the Modi-led BJP government, is to support their alliance partners. “Fighting the elections together might not be the ideal scenario, but this is the only way that is left if we have to fight against hate,” he said, party workers responded by raising slogans of “Tanashahi Murdabad” and “INDIA gathbandhan zindabad.”

“What the BJP has done so far is only the tip of the iceberg, if they get over 400 seats this time then they will definitely change Baba saheb’s Constitution,” Dr Gupta said, pleading with the AAP workers to ensure that they click on Congress’s symbol while voting.