Arvind Kejriwal today asserted that there was "no question" of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporting the BJP for a government in Delhi, after his colleague Prashant Bhushan's comment triggered speculation of a divide within the year-old party just after its spectacular electoral success.

"There is no question of supporting BJP. What Prashant said yesterday was his personal opinion," Mr Kejriwal tweeted.

Shortly before this tweet, Mr Bhushan himself backtracked from his comments to NDTV last night that the AAP may consider supporting the BJP "if the BJP gives us in writing that it will pass the Jan Lokpal Bill (a law for an anti-corruption ombudsman) by December 29.

"Today, Mr Bhushan revised his views, saying, "What I said was in a rhetorical context. I meant that if the BJP becomes like AAP and does those things which AAP has been formed for and AAP believes in, then we can think of supporting them. But this is not possible because these parties can never become like AAP."  Read more