The Congress, which was earlier thought-about a bitter rival by the AAP, joined fingers with its INDIA ally for a protest at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday together with different opposition events. The focus right here was the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, however the irony can’t be missed because it came about on the day of his predecessor, the late Sheila Dikshit’s start anniversary.

Kejriwal, who received his first election in opposition to Sheila Dikshit, is behind bars on corruption costs within the alleged Delhi excise coverage rip-off. But, his spouse Sunita Kejriwal launched a press release on his behalf on the protest held in opposition to the “death of democracy” saying, “Aapka Kejriwal sher hai (Your Kejriwal is a lion).”

The absence of some within the Congress, nonetheless, uncovered the discomfort inside the social gathering over the alliance with the AAP in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Not everybody within the grand previous social gathering is proud of this alliance within the nationwide capital whereas there isn’t any such tie-up in Punjab, which can also be dominated by the AAP. In Delhi, in the meantime, the seat-sharing between the 2 events has been finalised.

On the evening of Kejriwal’s arrest, the choice by the Congress to march to the chief minister’s home didn’t go down nicely with all within the Delhi unit. While Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely and Sandeep Dikshit went to the CM’s residence, senior social gathering chief Ajay Maken stayed away.

Maken, who had a controversial relationship with Sheila, has not been in favour of an alliance with the AAP. Unavailable for a remark as of now, he additionally stayed away from the Ramlila rally together with some others who haven’t warmed as much as the concept of the protest within the first place. But, the Congress realised this distinction of opinion and tried to placate them.

“The rally is not centered around one person. It’s on the larger issue of democracy being attacked, so the slogan is the misuse of CBI, ED, hacked EVMs, I-T demands,” Congress common secretary incharge of communications, Jairam Ramesh stated in a press convention earlier than the rally.

The contradictions regardless of the present of power are obvious. Many on stage have seat-sharing points, particularly with the Congress. For instance, the RJD and TMC have been right here for the sake of this arrest. While the TMC and Congress have larger points at the same time as allies, Kejriwal was the binding issue for them to be on the identical stage.

The problem now could be to make sure that the platform doesn’t go into disarray with just a few weeks left to go for the polls. With the BJP gunning for a ‘400 paar’ victory, the shadow of a seemingly divided Congress looms giant.