Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a swipe at the AAP for joining hands with the Congress in Delhi for the Lok Sabha polls, saying whether the Arvind Kejriwal-led party forms an alliance with the Congress or merges with it “nothing is going to happen because zero plus zero remains zero”.
The AAP and the Congress have no Lok Sabha seat from Delhi where the BJP won all the seven seats in 2019 and 2014 elections. “You can keep forming alliances but Prime Minister Modi will return to power with over 400 seats,” Shah asserted.
The Aam Aadmi Party hit back at the home minister for his tirade, saying the people of Delhi have shown their repeated preference for an “honest government”. ‘
They will ensure the ouster of the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and lend further strength to Arvind Kejriwal in the Parliament, it said. Shah slammed the AAP as he launched piped natural gas supply line in 41 villages and developmental works in 178 villages of the national capital under Dilli Gramodaya Abhiyan. He was accompanied by Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena and Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri.
“Whether you have alliance with the Congress or even merge with it, nothing is going to happen because zero plus zero remains zero,” Shah said, referring to the tie-up between the two parties in Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana.
He also slammed Kejriwal, alleging that he rose to power by fighting against corruption and scams of the Congress but is now having alliance with the party.
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