In a major announcement on Thursday, the Congress Party said they will contest the forthcoming Assembly elections of Delhi and Haryana individually. Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh said there was no possibility of a coalition between the AAP and the Congress in the aforementioned states for the upcoming state polls, news agency PTI reported.

“There is no INDIA ‘janbandhan’ in Punjab. In Haryana, we had given one seat to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Lok Sabha polls but I don’t think that INDIA janbandhan will be there for assembly polls. In Delhi, the AAP itself has said that INDIA janbandhan will not be there for Assembly polls,” Ramesh said.

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However, Ramesh said the grand old party will fight the Assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra under the INDIA Bloc, adding that there was not a single formula to be adopted by the INDIA bloc for the state polls.

He said that the INDIA alliance will only contest together in those states where Congress leaders and other alliance partners agree on such a coalition.

“In the context of West Bengal also, I had said that the INDIA bloc is for Lok Sabha polls but in states where the circumstances are such that our leaders of the state and leaders of our alliance partners want, the alliance will remain. In Maharashtra, the alliance will be there with Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SCP). In Jharkhand, we have an alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morch,” he added.

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Notably, the Congress and AAP fought seven seats in Delhi in coalition under INDIA bloc but failed to open their account. Despite having an alliance in Delhi, both the parties contested individually in Punjab.