New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen their political clout, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) have determined to struggle the Chandigarh Mayor elections as allies. The 2 events, that are additionally in talks for a doable alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, have agreed to share the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor amongst themselves. Congress chief Pawan Kumar Bansal advised ANI that the choice was taken after mutual discussions between the 2 events.
He mentioned that the AAP will subject its candidate for the mayor’s publish, whereas the Congress will contest for the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor posts. He expressed confidence that their joint candidate from the INDIA bloc will win with a great margin. He additionally mentioned that the Congress and the AAP have a typical understanding on nationwide points and have reached a consensus with different opposition events to save lots of democracy.
“Lok Sabha elections are to return later; earlier than that, the company elections have come. We’ve got been discussing the identical and it has been determined that AAP will contest for the publish of mayor and Congress will contest for the publish of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor. The results of this can be that our candidate from the INDIA bloc can be profitable with a great majority,” he mentioned.
“On nationwide points, we all know that there’s settlement between Congress and AAP. Conferences have been held between completely different events through which a consensus has been reached. Right now, everybody has gathered collectively to save lots of the sentiments of democracy,” he added.
The Chandigarh Mayor elections will see a complete of 35 councillors casting their votes. The BJP, which is the ruling get together on the centre, has the assist of 14 councillors and one MP. The AAP has 13 councillors and the Congress has 7 councillors. The Shiromani Akali Dal has 1 councillor. To safe a majority, 18 votes are wanted, of which the BJP has the very best of 15 votes.
Nevertheless, if the AAP and the Congress mix their votes, they are going to have a complete of 20 votes, sufficient to defeat the BJP.
The alliance between the Congress and the AAP comes at a time when the 2 events are additionally exploring the potential of becoming a member of forces for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Earlier, a gathering of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was held in Delhi.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and AAP MP Raghav Chadha have been additionally current within the assembly at Kharge’s residence. The 2 events are more likely to share seats in Delhi, Punjab, Goa and Haryana, the place they’ve a big presence.
In the meantime, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday congratulated Kharge for being named because the “chairperson” of the opposition’s INDIA bloc. The Delhi Minister mentioned that Kharge is an enormous chief and all alliance companions respect him and hearken to him. Making him the chairperson is an efficient signal, he added. “He’s an enormous chief. All alliance companions respect him and hearken to him. Making him the chairperson is an efficient signal,” he mentioned.
