A war of words between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party continued on June 25, days after the senior leaders of the two parties failed to find common ground at the meeting of Opposition parties in Patna. Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was seeking the support of the Congress party to defeat the ordinance over the control of services brought in by the Centre but was “unabashedly ridiculing senior leaders of the party”.
Chief national spokesperson of the AAP Priyanka Kakkar replied that Congress leaders including Mr. Maken and former MP Sandeep Dixit had also made statements against the AAP and that “respect is a two-way street”.
“Mr. Kejriwal’s Ministers place prerequisites on our alliance, while their chief spokesperson publicly disparages our party and leaders on the day of all Opposition party meeting. To brazenly criticize and then demand support, is this how alliances are sought, Mr. Kejriwal?” Mr. Maken tweeted.
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