Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla strongly criticised the Congress and AAP alliance as a "friendship of selfishness." Poonawalla's comments came in response to Delhi government minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai's announcement that there would be no alliance between the two parties in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said, "Gopal Rai has said that after they (INDIA alliance) have won 0 out of 7 seats in Delhi, there will be no alliance between Congress party and AAP in the Assembly elections. This was only a friendship of selfishness. The Nikah has been changed to Triple Talaq. And these triple talaq will continue. Now they will abuse each other in Delhi too. This is the real face of the INDI alliance.”