Senior Congress leader Kumari Selja has ruled out any possibility of alliance with Aam Aadmi Party for the upcoming Haryana assembly polls, saying that JJP has lost ground in the state. In a statement on Saturday, Selja also dismissed the possibility of a hung assembly, asserting that the grand old party would secure an 'excellent majority' in the 90-member House.
"We are partners (at the national level) but if you remember, it was decided that in every state, they (partners) can decide on their own. The AAP has gone on record first (to say) that they will not have an alliance in the Vidhan Sabha polls. I do think that the Congress is strong on its own and we will fight on our own," she said.
The Congress leader then takes a dig at Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), saying the party is 'breaking up' and does not have any chances in the assembly polls.
"The JJP has lost ground. This time you will not find many takers for the JJP. Even last time, most of the candidates who won were from the Congress. Today, it is already breaking up. Most of their MLAs have already left them. I don't see much of a chance for the JJP in this election," the AICC general secretary and former Haryana Congress chief said.
She also dismissed the INLD-BSP alliance, pointing out that both parties had lost a lot of ground in the state.
"I don't think so (they will cut into our votes). The (Indian National) Lok Dal's performance was abysmal in the Lok Sabha polls. The BSP has also lost a lot of ground. So, this alliance may have been forged in whatever way but when the results come out, you will see that this alliance will also come a cropper," Selja said.
The leader also claimed that the people of the state are now not in the favour of BJP coming to power, and after 10 years of 'lotus' in Haryana, people now desire change.
"The BJP pan-Haryana did not have much support on the ground. I don't like to get personal but I don't think their chief minister had political experience so that also went against them. Even within their party (BJP), there were a lot of pulls and pressures, there is a total disconnect and they are going to pay for that," Selja said.
Selja recalls the legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) and withdrawal of the Agnipath scheme, as the major issues in the state along with corruption and unemployment.
"Unemployment is a huge issue in Haryana. Then there have been scams, there have been paper leaks. There is a lot of backlog in vacancies. If we come down to a few issues it would be unemployment, inflation, decisions of the government such as the Parivar Pehchan Patra that has proven to be such a scam, and education," she said.
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