AAP-Cong rift boils over as election nears
Financial Express Mumbai|December 27, 2024
AAP will ask INDIA bloc to remove Cong over Ajay Maken's attack on Kejriwal
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AAP-Cong rift boils over as election nears

WITH ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS in Delhi just a month away, the war of words between the AAP and the Congress, two key constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc, intensified on Thursday, putting others in the grouping in a quandary.

Taking strong objection to AICC treasurer Ajay Maken's attack on its leader Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP asked the Congress to take action against him within 24 hours, failing which it would approach parties of the INDIA bloc to seek the ouster of the Congress from the bloc. The AAP's demand surprised the constituents of the embattled alliance, which is already a divided house with a leadership tussle playing out.

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