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Cong colluding with BJP to hurt electoral prospects of AAP in Delhi: Atishi

Delhi CM Atishi addresses press conference

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday accused the Congress of collaborating with the BJP to weaken AAP ahead of Delhi Assembly polls. 

Atishi addresses press conference 
Addressing a press confrence, Atishi said: "Congress is working in tandem with the BJP to undermine the electoral prospects of the AAP in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections."

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Atishi on Cong candidates 
The Delhi Chief Minister also leveleled some serious allegation against Congress, claiming that the expenses of Congress candidates contesting elections in Delhi were being borne by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
 
CM on Sandeep Dixit
"The BJP is funding the Congress candidates. Atishi said that the BJP is also funding Sandeep Dixit, who is contesting elections as a Congress candidate from New Delhi," she added. 

Sanjay Singh
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who also also present during the press conference, also lashed out at Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Sandeep Dixit, accusing them of directing their attacks at AAP instead of targeting the BJP.

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Both the leaders of AAP urged the Congress central leadership to take disciplinary action against Maken and other Congress leaders at the earliest. 
    
Singh warned that if no action was taken within 24 hours, AAP would seek Congress’s expulsion from the INDIA bloc.

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