To resolve the "infighting" plaguing the AAP in Punjab, the party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal today said that he was not averse to holding talks with the dissident group of MLA's led by Sukhpal Singh Khaira, in the interest of the party.
Kejriwal also ruled out any alliance with the Congress for the next year's Lok Sabha polls, saying, "No, that is not happening."
On the Khaira issue, Kejriwal said, "In every party, in every family, there are issues and fights. I believe that some colleagues who are unhappy will be persuaded. I have also asked some of my MLAs to reach out to them and if need is felt, even I will talk to them."
When asked why the Khaira group was not invited for today's meeting with MLAs at Sunam, the Delhi chief minister, who was accompanied by his deputy, Manish Sisodia, said, "No formal meeting was planned today."
"The government is preparing to recommend handing over the probe to CBI... We demand that report be made public and all those involved be given exemplary punishment."
"They promised jobs to the youth, debt waiver for farmers, smart phones to youth, but they have failed to fulfill their promises," he alleged, adding, "The people of Punjab were fed up with the Akali Dal, but now they are unhappy with the Congress also."
Kejriwal invited the people of Punjab, including Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, to visit Delhi to witness the "unprecedented development works that have been undertaken, especially in health, education, in providing water and power to people by the AAP government."
Asserting that the AAP was willing to lend a helping hand to the Congress dispensation to "set right" government schools and hospitals in Punjab, Kejriwal said, "In Delhi, we have been in power for three-and-a-half years. We have made schools in Delhi better. You see our government schools in Delhi have have become better than private ones, their results are also good."