Parties tell their Inability to form govt to LG: Delhi heads for fresh polls

New Delhi: Delhi is likely to have fresh assembly elections soon as leaders from the main political parties – BJP, Congress and AAP – informed Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung on Monday they still did not have the numbers to form a government.Party leaders met Jung though the day to discuss the possibility of forming a government in Delhi which has been under President’s Rule since the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government quit in February after being in office for 49 days.“L-G held consultations with the leaders of the three political parties to explore the possibility of government formation. All the parties expressed their inability to form the government,” said an official statement from the L-G’s office.Leaders of the three political parties told Jung that fresh balloting was needed as no party was in a position to form the government in the hung 70-member assembly.