A day after Arvind Kejriwal stepped down as Delhi chief minister, Aam Aadmi Party also made it clear that it would contest the Lok Sabha polls under his leadership.
"...It is clear that Aam Aadmi Party will contest general elections under Kejriwal's leadership across the country," senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav told reporters.
Kerjriwal on Friday resigned as Delhi chief minister shortly after his government was defeated on the issue of tabling of the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi assembly in the face of a united resistance by outside supporter Congress and BJP.
Yogendra Yadav said he had been told that the resignation had been accepted.
"Alliance bet ween Congress and BJP is apparent," Yadav said.
Another AAP leader, Manish Sisodia, also hoped probes initiated by AAP government would not be stalled by the future government. "There are two FIRs in the CWG scam, five in the Jal Board scam," he said.
AAP leader Prashant Bhushan also echoed his party's view. Holding BJP and Congress responsible for the fall of Arvind Kejriwal government, said the party was left with no option but to quit as implementing Jan Lokpal was their top priority.
"From the beginning, Congress and BJP were against this bill and that is why they didn't support the government. Both party leaders don't want the country to be corruption-free," he told reporters here.
Bhushan maintained that Aam Aadmi Party was not formed to get power, but for making India a corruption-free country.
"AAP has been formed to root out corruption from the country. Passing Jan Lokpal in the Assemb ly was the first priority of the AAP government. As we were not allowed to pass this bill, we did not have an option but to get out of the government," he said.
After the CM's resignation, the ball is now back in the court of BJP and Congress and both parties can stake claim to form the government in the national capital, Bhushan said.
"If Congress and BJP don't want to stake claim to form the government, LG has no option but to dissolve the Assembly," he said.
Asked if AAP leaders are running away from their responsibilities, he said, "Our government also wanted to implement Mohalla Sabha in Delhi. As Congress and BJP leaders were also against this model, the party cannot run government.
"Getting official posts in the government was not the motive of our party. Our party's motive is to change the system, but we are not being allowed to implement our motive, there is then no benefit to run the government," he said.
Replying to his former ally Ki ran Bedi's tweets - "Did Delhi CM resign for Lokpal or Loksabha?"Bhushan said she has become a BJP supporter.
Meanwhile, Congress and Opposition BJP said Kejriwal was never serious about governing and was looking for an excuse to "run away" to cover up his "failure" to deliver on his commitments.
The BJP also made it clear that the party would seek fresh elections in Delhi and was ready for it rather than form an alternative government since it did not have the required numbers in the state assembly.
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