ahmedabad ahead of the gujarat assembly elections congress leader kanhaiya kumar has claimed the aam aadmi party aap and the bharatiya janata party bjp are the same team with one following the other in an interview with pti kumar also said the bjp is an ideological and cadrebased party and the congress is its only natural opponent which can provide an alternate ideology in the country the arvind kejriwalled aap has been trying to project itself as the bjps main contender in the gujarat assembly elections the state polls will be held in two phases on december 1 and 5 and the counting of votes will be taken up on december 8 kumar said the perception in the country is what gujarat thinks today india thinks tomorrow many new things start from here gujarat we hope there will be a political messaging from here if people are happy with the bjp let them choose it but if people want a change then they will give a chance to the congress i hope so the former jnu student leader said gujarat can give a milestone result in the 2022 assembly elections added kumar who was in the bjpruled state last week to participate in the congresss parivartan sankalp yatra the bjp realised in 2017 that it would not win the next gujarat elections so it has brought the aap here there is no question of a and b team the bjp and aap are the same team one is following the other he claimed when prime minister modi and kejriwal have the same dreams what is the ideological difference between them amidst the politics of hate violence and polarisation you want to do your politics by remaining mum on it so where is the ideological difference said kumar who was in the communist party of india cpi before joining the congress last year kumar is of the firm opinion that the congress need not budge an inch from its core ideology as the present surge in favour of the bjp will subside soon and people will realise that to go on the path of religious division is not the right way for the nation the congress leader also said that with the bharat jodo yatra in which he is also participating the negative perception about rahul gandhi created by the opponents is going away the bjp is an ideological and cadrebased party we have to understand that if a party is not ideological or cadre based it cannot challenge the bjp in india it cannot be an alternative to the bjp kumar said the congress is the natural opponent of the bjp in the country the congress is the only party which has taken power back from the bjp in rajasthan madhya pradesh and chhattisgarh he said to a question on the likelihood of the aap eating into the congress votes in a threecornered contest in gujarat what happened in the recent elections in goa and uttarakhand the bjp benefitted due