"We Are Not Party Of Any Alliance": AAP Leader On Nitish Kumar As PM Candidate
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The AAP has been projecting its national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the lone challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday sought to remain equidistant from the BJP-led NDA and the UPA comprising the Congress, saying it is for the JD(U) and its allies to decide if they want Nitish Kumar as their prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is not part of any alliance and it is focussed on its own nationwide expansion, the party's national spokesperson Sanjay Singh said at a press conference, brushing aside a question on some non-BJP parties projecting Bihar Chief Minister Kumar as the PM candidate.
"This is their internal matter," Mr Singh told reporters when asked to clarify the AAP's stand on the senior JD(U) leader being projected as a PM candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Asked if the AAP favours Nitish Kumar as the prime ministerial candidate for the Opposition, the Rajya Sabha MP said, "It is something that Nitish Kumar's party and its allies have to decide." "Neither we are part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), nor that of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). We are not part of any alliance," he added.
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