New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- AAP's Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan on Sunday blamed the Congress for the party's defeat in the Delhi polls, a charge rubbished by the grand old party.

AAP - which had won 62 assembly constituencies in 2020 and 67 in 2015 - saw its tally plunge to 22 as the BJP registered a landslide victory with 48 seats in the 70-member House.

Khan accused the Congress of prioritising AAP's defeat over its own electoral success.

"The Congress contested the election not to win but to ensure our defeat. Rahul Gandhi came to campaign in my constituency for the first time ever. It knew it had no chance of winning but was determined to make us lose," Khan said.

AAP and the Congress are constituents of the opposition INDIA bloc and had co...