The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday dismissed speculations of an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s recent meeting with BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla in Amritsar.
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said Kejriwal has never bowed down to the BJP, nor will he do so in future.
“BJP should clear its misunderstanding. Arvind Kejriwal will never bow down to BJP, nor will he be afraid of them, nor will he be subdued," he said.
He asserted that Kejriwal’s meeting with Chawla was a courtesy call.
"There is a very famous temple, the Durgiana Temple. She (Lakshmi Kanta Chawla) is its Pradhan. For the first time, a woman has become the Pradhan of a temple. People in Punjab respect her a lot. People hold meetings as a matter of courtesy,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the former Delhi chief minister had shared pictures of his meeting with Chawla at her residence.
अमृतसर में लक्ष्मीकांता चावला जी से कल शाम उनके निवास पर मुलाकात की और उनका हालचाल जाना। पंजाब के कई मुद्दों पर उनसे चर्चा हुई। pic.twitter.com/c5gifdHOi7
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 16, 2025
Kejriwal arrived in Amritsar on Saturday after completing a 10-day Vipassana meditation session in Hoshiarpur.
He, along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, visited the Golden Temple on the completion of three years of the party's government in the state.
The AAP formed the government in Punjab in 2022 after winning 92 of the total 117 assembly seats.
Talking to reporters in Amritsar, Kejriwal trashed the opposition leaders’ claim that the AAP would replace the chief minister in Punjab and said Mann would complete his five-year term.
"Mann saab will complete five years, you do not need to worry... he will complete the next five years as well,” he said.
