AAP's Prashant Bhushan says party can extend issue-based support to BJP in Delhi
New Delhi: A leader of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today backtracked after his comment on extending support to the BJP for a government in Delhi triggered speculation of a divide within the year-old party.
"What I said was in a rhetorical context," said AAP's Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday. "I meant that if the BJP becomes like AAP and does those things which AAP has been formed for and AAP believes in, then we can think of supporting them. But this is not possible because these parties can never become like AAP."
Mr Bhushan had told NDTV last night that the AAP may consider supporting the BJP "if the BJP gives us in writing that it will pass the Jan Lokpal Bill(a law for an anti-corruption ombudsman) by December 29."
His remarks have deeply embarrassed the party after Arvind Kejriwal repeatedly ruled out giving or taking support for a government in Delhi, where no party has won a clear majority in last week's polls.
The BJP emerged the largest party with 31 seats, but five short of a majority. The AAP scored a dazzling debut, finishing a close second by decimating the incumbent Congress. But both the BJP and AAP have refused to stake claim to power, and say they would rather sit in opposition.
Mr Kejriwal says the AAP, which has 28 seats, will serve as "a responsible opposition", but if the BJP cannot manage the numbers it needs, his party is prepared to fight another election. He has accused the BJP of trying to poach some of his newly-elected legislators, which the BJP has refuted.
The AAP promised Delhi an alternative to what it describes as the two deeply corrupt and self-serving parties, and believes that aligning with either would be betrayal.
An option for Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is to call for President's Rule and another round of polling in Delhi along with the national election, due by May.
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