Amid talks of possible alliance with the AAP, the Congress' local unit Tuesday rejected full statehood for Delhi as its poll plank for the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress will contest Lok Sabha polls on national issues and full statehood for Delhi is not in its list of issues to be taken up during campaigning, Sheila Dikshit, president of the party's Delhi unit told reporters.
The ruling AAP in Delhi has been campaigning for Lok Sabha polls with full statehood for the city as its main issue for the elections.
Dikshit maintained full statehood was not possible and the issue will not figure in the party's manifesto for Lok Sabha polls.
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