Former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit was named the Delhi Congress chief days after Ajay Maken resigned from the post. There were talks about a possible alliance between the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Dikshit, however, denied any such possibilities. She said that there are challenges ahead of elections in the state and country but there is not possibility of alliance with AAP as of now.