Lok Sabha polls: Now, AAP says no alliance with Congress in Punjab, double whammy for INDIA

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Mann's comments came hours after West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee said her party, an INDIA ally, will go solo in her state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls...

Asked about Banerjee's decision to go solo and whether AAP will follow suit, Mann said, "In Punjab, we will not do anything (alliance with the Congress) like that..

Earlier, sources told India Today TV that AAP is likely to contest the Lok Sabha election on its own strength in all 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab, sources said.. Kejriwal has approved a proposal by the Punjab unit of AAP to fight the general election alone, sources said.. They added that AAP refused to contest the election with the Congress in Punjab, accusing the grand old party of having a stubborn attitude regarding seat-sharing...

Earlier today, Banerjee announced that the TMC will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election alone in the state, throwing a wrench into the Opposition INDIA bloc's efforts to present a united front against the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha polls...

Banerjee's announcement came a day after she traded fire with Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who criticised the West Bengal Chief Minister, called her an opportunist, and said that the party would contest the Lok Sabha elections without her assistance...

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