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Chandigarh Mayor Polls: After the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party decided to come together for the Chandigarh Mayor elections, scheduled to be held on January 18, AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday said that this election will change the picture and direction of politics, adding "This will be the first match of BJP vs INDIA bloc."

Addressing a press conference, Chadha said this will lay the foundation for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. "Chandigarh Mayor election to be held on January 18 is not a general election. This is an election that will change the picture and direction of the politics of this country. We believe that this will lay the foundation for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. INDIA Alliance as a coalition is going to face the BJP in the election battlefield for the first time. This will be the first match of BJP vs INDIA," AAP MP said as quoted by news agency ANI.

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"We believe that India Alliance will fight this election with full strength and register a historic and decisive victory. This victory chariot of India Alliance will not stop only till Chandigarh, but it will also extend from Kashmir to Kanyakumari," he added.

Whenever the Indian Cricket team have a match with any other team, the people of the country have made Team India win, and they will also make the INDIA bloc win this election, Chadha said. He further stressed that the outcome of this mayoral poll will have a significant impact on the Lok Sabha elections. "The scorecard will be India-1 and BJP-0," he asserted.

Meanwhile, when asked about seat-sharing in the INDIA alliance, AAP MP refused to make any statement. He said it is not right to comment on anything now. "INDIA alliance is that alliance in which different parties of the country kept aside their interests and decided to come together, decided in the interest of the country. It is not appropriate to do regular commentary on seat sharing today. As soon as any important decision is taken, its information will be known," he said.

Chadha also brought up the recent meeting between Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, and AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal, stating that it was a significant one. He said several topics were discussed in the meeting to come and contest the elections together. The first tie-up between the AAP and the Congress comes at a time when the two parties are locked in hectic negotiations on seat sharing in Delhi and Punjab.

(With ANI Inputs)