Sep 09 2014, 08:32 IST
SummaryCongress took aim at the BJP, saying the 'sting' by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had exposed the 'power hungry face' of the party.
The Congress on Monday took aim at the BJP, saying the �sting� by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had exposed the �power hungry face� of the party. The Congress reiterated its demand for fresh elections.
Despite the BJP�s attempts to form a government, the Congress feels Delhi could be headed for fresh elections in the first quarter of next year and has signalled its state leadership to gear up for polls.
As far as the Congress is concerned, it cannot favour the BJP forming a government neither does it want early elections as the public mood has not yet turned in its favour. �We have no real choice. Our MLAs are not in favour of elections. But a section of the party feels a January-February election is the best bet for us in the given situation,� a senior leader said.
Sources in the Congress said the speculation about the BJP gearing up for forming a government was an attempt to buy time as the Supreme Court is to hear on September 9 an AAP petition on holding of fresh Assembly polls. The party even took potshots at Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung for exploring the option for government formation when the ground situation has not changed in anyway.
Arguing that there was no change in the ground situation from December and now, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the BJP can only form a government engineering �abstentions or defections� and argued �both involve inducements�.
It has to be based on the politics of defection and buying and selling, he said. It is �constitutionally immoral, illegal and morally indefensible� on the part of the BJP, he added and wondered what were the reasons behind �this great desire to form the government now�.
Singhvi also took potshots at the Lt-Governor. �It is a matter of great astonishment, indeed mystery, as to how and why on an admitted prevailing state of affairs for nine or 10 months, with no figure changing or no real change in the ground reality, it has been found necessary and desirable at the level of the constitutional post holder to explore means of forming a government without election,� he said.
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