Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 | Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MPs to campaign for AAP

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav along with his party MPs will campaign for the AAP candidates ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls on February 5, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party said on Tuesday.

Yadav will join AAP supremo Kejriwal in a roadshow in Rithala on January 30. Several other MPs of the Uttar Pradesh-based party, including Iqra Hasan from Kairana, will also campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party.

The AAP and the SP are part of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc which also includes the Congress. However, the SP leaders will only be campaigning for the AAP which is pitted against the Congress and the BJP in Delhi.

The move reflects further alienation of the Congress within the Indian Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) led by it during the Lok Sabha polls last year.

The AAP and the Congress -- sharing four and three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi -- had fought together against the BJP in last year's general elections but are pitted against each another in the Assembly polls.

Fissures appeared in the opposition alliance last year when several parties in it supported the idea of TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee heading the grouping, currently led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Kejriwal, without expressing his support for Banerjee, had said that the INDIA bloc leaders can take a call over the issue after discussions.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Shatrughan Sinha will also canvass for the AAP in at least three Delhi constituencies on February 1 and 2.

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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