AAP is seen drawing blank again in Haryana

The Aam Aadmi Party's project to expand into Haryana, the home state of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, appears to have failed to take off once again.

Oct 8, 2024 - 13:17
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AAP is seen drawing blank again in Haryana

The Aam Aadmi Party's project to expand into Haryana, the home state of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, appears to have failed to take off once again with leads suggesting that it is on course to draw a blank.

If the trends hold, it will be a huge setback for the AAP, especially since it comes months ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections and because it has sparked discussions on whether the party made a strategic mistake by deciding not to ally with the Congress. 

While local leaders of the Congress were not in favour of an alliance with the AAP, senior leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was learned to have pushed for it, arguing that it would prevent a division of votes and give the opposition its best chance of defeating the BJP.

The AAP contested 89 of Haryana's 90 seats after failing to stitch an alliance with the Congress. The AAP's campaign, for the most part, was hit due to the absence of its key face Arvind Kejriwal in the lead-up to the polls. However, after Kejriwal was released on bail in the Delhi liquor policy case on September 13, the party's campaign gained steam.

In 2019, the AAP lost all the 46 seats it contested in Haryana and received a vote share of less than NOTA. In fact, since its poll debut in 2014, AAP has failed to open its account in any of the Assembly elections or the Lok Sabha polls in Haryana.

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