The AAP is still to take a final call on being a part of the opposition coalition, largely seen as a political compulsion to prevent the formidable establishment-led by Narendra Modi from returning to power in the 2019 general elections even as party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday attended the opposition parties’ meeting called to discuss the way forward.
The decision is likely to be taken during its meeting of political affairs committee later this month when the AAP would also discuss and work out the contours of its possible alliances with regional parties in states in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls so as to boost its political status at a national level.
Kejriwal’s presence at the crucial meeting — a day before the winter session of Parliament coinciding with the date of announcement of results of the five state Assembly elections — to bolster the show of strength by the anti-BJP camp, thus cannot be construed as abandoning its anti-Congress sentiment and be treated as mere optics.