Delhi Election Results 2025 | As AAP lags and Congress faces rout in Delhi, a jab from Omar: ‘Aur lado’

The National Conference leader hit out at the divide among the INDIA bloc parties, especially with the AAP and the Congress in the run-up to the Delhi polls.

Omar Abdullah who is also the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference's Vice President and INDIA Bloc ally mocked the AAP-Congress clash in the Delhi polls. (File photo)

As results for the Delhi Assembly elections started trickling in, and BJP edged past the halfway mark as per early trends, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday took a dig at his INDIA alliance partners.

The Aam Aadmi Party, which has a lead in 30 seats in the 70-member Assembly at present, and the Congress decided to go their separate ways in the Delhi polls – a decision that appears to have benefited the BJP.

In a post on X alongside a GIF that shows a sadhu saying “Ji bhar kar lado (fight to your heart’s content)”, Omar said, “Aur lado aapas mein!!! (Keep fighting amongst yourselves).”

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The Chief Minister has been critical of rifts within the alliance earlier too, stating that if the alliance was only for the parliamentary elections, “it should be wound up”.

He also underscored that if the alliance is also meant for Assembly elections, “we will have to sit together and work collectively.”

Omar had made these statements while pointing out that the alliance partners have not convened since the Parliament elections.

Although the parties contested the 2024 Lok Sabha poll together, the AAP and Congress have been critical of each other while contesting the Delhi election, where they have been rivals since AAP’s foray into politics in 2013. During the campaign too, they had frequently traded barbs and targeted each other’s leadership.

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The Congress and the National Conference are partners in the J&K government. However, Congress has refrained from joining Omar’s cabinet, stating that they will stay out of power in J&K till statehood is restored.

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