Amid the brawl between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the election of a new mayor for Delhi which stalled the mayoral elections, AAP is now trying to seek support from the Congress councillors.
According to the AAP sources, now the party is trying to get in contact with nine Congress councillors who won the elections earlier and is trying to get their support. Seven out of the nine Congress councillors come from the minorities, so the party hopes that the Congress councillors can help them to win against the BJP.
As the Congress party has announced a walkout from the voting process, AAP still sees the Congress’s decision to walk out as an indirect support to the BJP. Despite having a majority in the house, the AAP could not win the mayoral elections. Voting is also to be held for the election of six Standing Committees along with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor in Delhi. AAP expects to win almost 3 out of 6 seats in the Standing Committee while BJP is expecting to win 2 seats. Both parties are trying to win the remaining one seat. The AAP is almost sure that they will win the seat of mayor and deputy mayor, the party sources said. Amid this, the party sources said that they are trying to get the support of the Congress councillors. However, on behalf of the Congress, Delhi PCC President Anil Chaudhary has clearly said that the Congress party is firm on its decision to walk out. On 6 January, amid chaos and a clash between BJP and AAP councillors at the Civic Centre, the MCD House was adjourned even before the commencement of voting for mayoral polls.