Gujarat Assembly polls | AAP candidates for State, being decided by BJP, alleges Congress

New Delhi The Congress on November 5 alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was working in collusio

The Congress on November 5 alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was working in collusion with the BJP for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls and the candidates of the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit were being decided by the saffron party.

Former Gujarat MLA Indranil Rajguru, who quit the Aam Aadmi Party to rejoin the Congress on Friday, said he was asking for tickets for 15 AAP leaders who were in a strong position to win but tickets were being given to candidates “who could help the BJP in the polls”.

“I took a stand against this because I had joined AAP to defeat the BJP not the Congress. I was told, ‘don’t be stubborn, the list comes from Kamalam (BJP office in Gujarat),” Mr. Rajguru claimed on Nov. 5 at a press conference at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.

Mr. Rajguru, who had joined the AAP after quitting the Congress in April this year, returned to the grand old party, citing that it was the best option for defeating the BJP in Gujarat.

Mr. Rajguru also alleged that on October 1 when both AAP Chief Ministers — Delhi’s Arvind’s Kejriwal and Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann — came to Rajkot together in a chartered plane, they brought bags of cash with them.

He said when he asked where the cash came from, it was gestured to him that it came by plane. Mr. Rajguru, however, did not substantiate his allegation.

AICC in-charge of Gujarat Raghu Sharma alleged collusion between the BJP and the AAP for the Assembly polls and asked how it is possible to “bring cash in a chartered plane” without the knowledge of the Centre.