Arvind Kejriwal says ‘arrogant’ Congress’ candidates will lose deposits in Lok Sabha polls, after alliance bid in Delhi fails

New Delhi: Days after the Congress said it would go it alone in the general elections, Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday termed the party “arrogant” and claimed that its candidates would lose their deposits in the polls. [caption id=“attachment_5192011” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. PTI[/caption] At a public meeting in the Mustafabad area, Kejriwal claimed his party tried persuading the Congress to forge an alliance, but “it did not understand”. Recently, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit had said there’s unanimity in the party against an alliance with the AAP for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi. “Congress (candidates) will lose their deposits in Delhi in Lok Sabha elections,” Kejriwal claimed. The Delhi chief minister, while addressing the gathering in minority-dominated Mustafabad, requested people to make sure that votes don’t get split between the Congress and the AAP. “Vote for the AAP in Delhi because only it can defeat the BJP in Lok Sabha elections,” he said. Speculation over a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the AAP still persists, even as Rahul Gandhi has already said the Delhi unit of his party is against it.