Many in the Congress may have thought it, but Finance Minister P Chidambaram has put a voice to it and said that the party's support for debutante Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi was unnecessary.
"I think it was an unnecessary decision. No decision was called for. We had eight seats and were reduced to third place...So we should have just kept quiet," Chidambaram was quoted as saying in an exclusive interview to the Indian Express.
The Finance Minister, while admitting this was his personal view, said the decision on the alliance had been taken by the party's local unit and said the party had been divided over supporting the AAP, which had targeted the Congress government at the centre and state as part of its campaign.
Chidambaram also told Kejriwal to back up his claims that action would be taken against officials and politicians who had indulged in any corruption during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The Finance Minister has said the Delhi unit was allowed to decide on the alliance with the AAP. PTI
The claim that the Congress handed over the decision to back the AAP to its Delhi unit seems a little hard to believe and the support for the government despite Kejriwal continuing to take on the Centre almost daily shows the grand old party has a larger strategy in place when it comes to the political debutante.
The Congress and BJP went out of their way to ensure that the AAP came to power in Delhi and despite their complaints, the Congress will continue to back the party to ensure the BJP doesn't come to power in the national capital.
The Congress may not care for what the AAP does, but it may be more determined to ensure that the BJP is unable to build any momentum ahead of the national elections, particularly in Delhi, which is a still touted by the UPA as its model achievement. Any other year, the Congress might have settled for a stalemate, but this year with the dice loaded against them even the most 'unnecessary' alliances will be palatable to the party and its leaders to stop the BJP.
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