The conversation between the AAP and the Congress over seat sharing is getting shrill.

On Sunday, the leaders of both parties publicly said their alliance talks were going nowhere.

The AAP has already declared that it is contesting all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab where it is in power. The party has also named three candidates from Assam and one from Gujarat.

Speaking at a public meeting in Punjab’s Tarn Taran on Sunday, AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal indicated the party was willing to go it alone in the capital as well.

He said: “The people of Delhi have decided that this time they will give all seven Lok Sabha seats to the Aam Aadmi Party. If the people of Punjab give all 13 Lok Sabha seats to the Aam Aadmi Party, then the Aam Aadmi Party will be strengthened.”

Hours later, at a party meeting in Punjab’s Samrala, Congress president and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, said: “If so many of our activists who have come for this meeting work unitedly, then the Congress will definitely get as many seats as it wants.”

He added: “The INDIA bloc is happening. In some places, talks are going well. In some, we are still unable to unite properly. But understand that we have to fight, only fight alone, fight till the end, and win. Advance towards this goal. If someone comes, then good. If they don’t come, it’s alright.”

An AAP source told The Telegraph that such parleys are likely to continue until an agreement is reached under which the “AAP has an opportunity to grow in Haryana (where it doesn’t have a presence in the legislature)”.