No alliance in Punjab with Congress for Lok Sabha polls: Anmol Gagan Mann

Days after the Mumbai meeting of the INDIA bloc AAP leader Anmol Gagan Mann on Wednesday said her party will not tieup with the Congress in Punjab for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and fight on all 13 parliamentary seats in the stateThe Aam Aadmi Party AAP and the Congress are both part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIA a coalition of opposition parties to take on the BJPled National Democratic Alliance NDA in the general electionsAt the national level many political parties have joined hands against the BJP to save democracy Gagan Mann said but made it clear that there will no alliance with the Congress in PunjabIt is the direction of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann that the AAP will not have any alliance with the Congress in the state she told reporters a day after the Punjab Congress opposed any alliance with the AAPGagan Manns remarks are the first by an AAP leader in Punjab that makes it clear that the party does not want any electoral tie up with the Congress for the 2024 electionsOn September 1 the INDIA bloc in its Mumbai meeting resolved to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls together as far as possible asserting seatsharing arrangements in states will be concluded at the earliest in a collaborative spirit of giveandtakeThe coalitions leaders have also set up a 14member coordination committee that will act as the highest decisionmaking body of the alliance and initiate work on seat sharing They also exuded confidence that the new front would easily defeat the BJPGagan Mann who is Punjabs tourism minister said We will not have any alliance with the Congress The people of Punjab love Bhagwant Mann Any kind of alliance with the Congress will not be tolerated Several leaders of the Congress are facing corruption casesShe was replying to a question on an alliance with the Congress in Punjab for the Lok Sabha pollsIn Punjab we have the responsibility of the state in Punjab there will not be any kind of compromise We will fight elections independently she said and asserted I am making it clear that we will not enter into any kind of seat sharing with the CongressThe AAP had won 92 of the 117 assembly seats in Punjab last year and people will again bless the party in the next elections Gagan Mann saidWe are with the people of Punjab We will fight all Lok Sabha seats on our own We are an honest party People like the work of Chief Minister Mann We do not need to enter into an alliance with anyone she saidAsked whether the AAPs Punjab unit has conveyed its views to the party leadership the tourism minister said that many parties including the Congress are part of the INDIA alliance But in Punjab politics is different Here we AAP can win 13 seatsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever