The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh, said Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, virtually calling the curtains on the Opposition's INDIA alliance in the state."Two years back, you gave us blessings. You gave 92 out of 117 seats to us (in Assembly elections), you created history in Punjab. I have come to you with folded hands, asking for one more blessing. Lok Sabha elections will be held in two months. For Lok Sabha elections, Punjab has 13 seats and one from Chandigarh - a total of 14 seats. In the next 10-15 days, AAP will declare its candidates in all of these 14 seats. You have to make AAP sweep all these 14 seats with a majority," he said at an event on Saturday.
Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement while addressing a gathering in Khanna, Punjab.
Last month, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann had said his party will contest all 13 seats in Punjab.
Mann today attacked the Congress, saying the party has lost its ground in the state.
The remarks suggest that the ongoing talks between AAP and the Congress over seat sharing haven't made progress.
The two parties, traditionally bitter rivals in Punjab and Delhi, had contested the Chandigarh mayoral elections together last month, indicating that they could extend the alliance to the Lok Sabha elections. However, Kejriwal's remark indicates that the two parties may face the BJP and SAD in Punjab in a quadrilateral electoral competition.
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