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"Arvind Kejriwal wants an alliance with the Congress in Delhi," the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief told reporters here.She also said she respected the decision of those parties, which could not take a call on a pre-poll alliance because of political compulsions.However, the Congress was not keen on an alliance, AAP sources said. That is why we are eager (for an alliance)," he said.Sources said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu had also been pressing for a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the AAP in Delhi.Banerjee also noted on Thursday that the AAP was very "keen" to have an alliance with the Congress. "The issue came up for discussions during a meeting of opposition leaders (in Delhi) on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi said the local unit of his party was not willing to have any tie-up with us," a senior AAP leader said.Back-channel talks between the two parties had begun late last year, despite opposition from the Delhi Congress. Communal harmony has been damaged, demonetisation has rendered lakhs of people jobless, institutions have been destroyed and people have been lynched..