"After an electoral contest in Delhi in December, 2013 Assembly elections, the AAP and the Congress have a cozy relationship. The Congress Party announced an unconditional support to AAP.

Its state leaders were willing to issue statements against the AAP but unwilling to strike."

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The AAP was willing to register an FIR against Sheila Dikshit and other Congress leaders. The police organisation where the FIR was registered was without jurisdiction.

The Congress conventionally had a support of anti-BJP section of the intelligentsia. This section now had pinned its hopes on AAP as a possible contender for challenging Narendra Modi.