Adversary to turn follower

Enemy’s enemy is a friend. This is about to be applied to Congress and AAP. The political circle is rife with the news that AAP and Congress have been trying to sew up an alliance in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab to defeat BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It is virtually the social media news and Delhi Congress boss Ajay Maken and AAP National spokesperson Dilip Pandey has exchanged views regarding the alliance on Twitter. Congress says that the initiative for the alliance was taken by AAP because of its weakening position in Delhi after the Municipal elections while APP says that feelers were sent by Congress for striking an alliance to defeat BJP. In the current political scenario, APP has started losing its sheen in Delhi. AAP came to power after throwing out the Congress govt. of Sheila Dikshit. Congress was the main target of attack during the Anna agitation in which AAP Convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had played a pivotal role in defaming Congress and thereby giving adequate space to BJP to flourish. The disinformation campaign launched against the Manmohan Singh govt. by AAP caused the worst-ever defeat of the Congress party in Delhi. The defeat of the BJP is certain if Congress and AAP aligned to fight it. But the Congress must think that it is a national political party and it does not behove of it to always play the second fiddle. One thing is also clear that AAP is no longer in its prime. Its popularity has gown down considerably as it has done nothing any different from the Sheila Dikshit govt. Most of the Delhiites now feel that they are missing her govt. Shiela Dikshit govt. was result and development oriented one. Delhi stands still where she left it. In addition to that, there has been an upswing in the popularity of Congress party among Delhiites. AAP has lost its mass appeal in Delhi. Congress leader and workers in Delhi are opposed to any kind of alliance with AAP. AAP is on a weak wicket. Congress party has the ability to defeat PM Modi if the poll is held free and fair. Though ideologically both AAP and Congress enjoy the same alliance, it is difficult to sew coalition on the ground. Congress is going from strength in Delhi while AAP support base is dwindling. Apart from all this, AAP may prove to be the most undependable Dilip Pandey claims that the Congress had got in touch with them for a coalition ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Maken, however, said they were some discussions but the Delhi unit was not in favour of it. Rumours of AAP’s possible tie-up with the Congress were rife in political circles after the AAP appointed five Lok Sabha in-charges for parliamentary constituencies of Delhi. The appointments were made only on five out of seven constituency seats in Delhi while leaving two seats vacant as of now. These gave rise to speculation that these two seats could have been left for the Congress. Congress must think twice before tying up with AAP, which has been its adversary since its birth. AAP has borne on anti-Congress thought and principle. It is not sworn into any ideology that goes against the BJP in principle. It has also been instrumental in the meteoric rise of BJP in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. So, any patch-up of Congress with AAP in Delhi will be its suicidal.