Ready for alliance with AAP if Haryana demand is dropped: Rahul Gandhi

AAP has blamed Congress for unsuccessful alliance talks, saying they tried hard but the Congress 'backtracked'

The Congress, despite having announced its candidates for all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, is still open to an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). 

Congress is ready to forge an alliance with the AAP 'until the last second', provided its chief Arvind Kejriwal drops its Haryana demand, party president Rahul Gandhi told Hindi daily NavBharat Times.

The two parties had held several meetings in the past few weeks to form an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections. They had even agreed on a 4+3 formula for Delhi, with AAP contesting on four seats and Congress three.  However,