New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Get together and the Congress have solid an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The events have introduced their seat-sharing preparations for Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana. In Gujarat, the Congress will battle for 24 seats, AAP for two; in Haryana, the Congress will vie for 9 seats, AAP for one seat; in Delhi, AAP may have the higher hand with 4 seats, the Congress with three seats.
“Congress will contest on 24 seats out of 26 in Gujarat. AAP will discipline its candidates on 2 seats – Bharuch and Bhavnagar,” stated Mukul Wasnik, Congress basic secretary and MP. “In Haryana, which has 10 Lok Sabha seats, Congress will contest on 9. AAP may have its candidates on 1 seat – in Kurukshetra,” he added.
Delhi | Congress and AAP announce seat-sharing in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh and Goa
In Delhi (7 seats), Congress to contest on three and AAP on 4
In Gujarat (26 seats), Congress to contest on 24 and AAP on 2 (in Bharuch and Bhavnagar)
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In Delhi, AAP will compete in New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi; the Congress will problem in Chandni Chowk, North East and North West seats. Wasnik stated that after an extended dialogue, it was agreed that the Congress will contest within the Chandigarh seat. In Goa, the Congress will contest each the Lok Sabha seats.
The 2 events didn’t touch upon Punjab, the place AAP had fashioned a authorities in 2022 after ousting the Congress. Earlier this month, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal declared that his occasion will contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. AAP and Congress, former adversaries in Punjab and Delhi, had contested the Chandigarh mayoral elections in alliance final month and gained with the Supreme Court docket’s intervention.
“The nation is dealing with a grave scenario – the BJP Authorities is destroying all establishments one after the other, the elections are being ‘rigged’ and Opposition leaders are being jailed to win elections, the farmers are being handled unjustly, the individuals of the nation are affected by unemployment and inflation…the nation wants an sincere and robust different,” stated AAP MP Sandeep Pathak after asserting the alliance.
“With that in thoughts, we put aside our personal political pursuits and stored the curiosity of the nation in thoughts. We got here collectively on this alliance. The nation is extra vital than the occasion. This election is not going to be fought as Congress versus AAP, however as INDIA versus BJP,” he added.
