"Delhi mein dosti aur rajyon mein kushti?": Shivraj takes dig at INDIA alliance after Akhilesh slams Congress

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 20 : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday took a jibe at the INDIA alliance saying they were trying to come together in Delhi but were fighting among themselves in the states.
Chouhan's remarks came a day after Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the Congress for not giving seats to the party in Madhya Pradesh despite their talks.
Chouhan told ANI that he had said from the very beginning that "INDI is a mismatched alliance".
"It is ghamandiya (arrogant) alliance. Neither are these people united in their thoughts nor in their hearts. It has been formed only due to fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is falling apart...," the Chief Minister said.
He took potshots at the two parties at the use of the word 'chirkut' by Akhilesh Yadav.
"Since the day it was formed, it has been a strange alliance. Dilli mein dosti aur rajyon mein kushti? (friends in Delhi, fighting each other in states)," he said
"Does this happen anywhere? This (INDIA alliance) was formed for 2024 (polls). Akhilesh Yadav yesterday said that Congress kept him and SP in the dark...His using the word 'chirkut' shows how he must have felt," the BJP leader said.
Akhilesh Yadav had apparently taken the 'chirkut' jibe over remarks of a Uttar Pradesh Congress leader.
Chouhan said the constituents of the INDIA alliance have put up candidates against each other and people are watching.
"In Madhya Pradesh, Congress, Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) - all three are contesting the upcoming assembly polls. What is this alliance? People are watching it with surprise. They are fighting among themselves, how will be the future of the country and the state in their hands," Chouhan added.
Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday alleged that some "Congress leaders are siding with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)", adding that he would not have trusted the grand old party if he had known that "Congress would betray them".
"If I had known that the alliance is not on the state level then I would not have sent SP leaders (for talks)...I would not have trusted them if I had known that people from Congress would betray us," he had said.
Reacting to the second list of Congress candidates for the assembly polls, Chouhan said there is infighting in the opposition party.
"The INDI alliance has no future. It broke before it was fully formed."
The Congress on Thursday announced its second list of 88 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.
Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to undergo assembly polls on November 17 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3.