G-8 governance platform, not for LS ballot alliance: Kejriwal 

The letter was despatched to chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Punjab.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday mentioned the G-8 platform, on which he had invited chief ministers of non-BJP states, might be a governance platform and never a platform for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

A letter from Kejriwal inviting the chief ministers of seven states dominated by non-BJP events aside from the Congress for a dinner on March 18 had gone viral, triggering hypothesis concerning the formation of an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The deliberate dinner of the eight leaders, together with Kejriwal, which he described because the “Progressive Chief Ministers” Group of India or G-8″, was imagined to be adopted by a press convention the following day, in line with the letter written by the AAP supremo.

During a post-Delhi Budget press convention, Kejriwal was requested about it and he mentioned: “It is a governance platform and not for an alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. It is not a political platform. Eight of us will visit a state out of the eight to see the good work being done by them and to learn from each other.”

“There have been several rounds of discussion between officers and among us. I am violating the protocols by sharing details. There are plans to hold a joint press conference to announce the platform. It is a work in progress,” he mentioned.

The chief ministers had been busy with the meeting periods of their states and “it should be announced after mid-April”, Kejriwal mentioned.

The letter was despatched to chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Punjab.