Mr Singh was addressing a joint press convention with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Lucknow:

Announcing unconditional help to the INDIA bloc candidates in Uttar Pradesh within the Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday stated that these elections are being held to “save democracy” and finish an “autocratic government”.

“AAP will fully support the INDIA bloc candidates in Uttar Pradesh. What our role will be and how we will be involved in the campaign will be decided after holding talks with the Congress leadership involved in the campaigning. We will fully support the Samajwadi Party candidates,” stated AAP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh.

Addressing a joint press convention with Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on the Uttar Pradesh-based occasion’s headquarters right here, the AAP chief asserted there’s “no condition or demand”.

“These are not normal elections, they are for saving democracy, ending the autocracy and saving the Constitution. We are together in UP, wherever the Samajwadi Party candidate is in the fray, INDIA alliance candidate is in fray we will work for them,” he added.

Exuding confidence that the INDIA bloc will win the elections, Mr Singh stated that each employee and elected consultant of his occasion will work for the SP candidates.

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of elected chief ministers, Mr Singh stated, “If any politician is winning, he would not indulge in such tactics and tricks as being done by the PM of putting opponents in jail by framing fake cases, it means lack of confidence at election time.”

Mr Singh, who hails from Sultanpur, was on a go to to the state. His occasion is just not contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Akhilesh Yadav thanked the AAP for the help and stated the current election is just not going down in frequent circumstances however to “safeguard the Constitution”.

Mr Yadav slammed the Central authorities for sending AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and JMM chief Hemant Soren to jail earlier than the polls and stated the BJP was doing this out of worry of dropping the elections.

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