New Delhi: Mumtaz Patel, the daughter of the late veteran Congress chief Ahmed Patel, and one of many contenders for the Congress ticket for the Bharuch seat within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, apologised to the district cadre following the allocation of the parliamentary constituency to the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) as a part of a INDIA alliance’s seat-sharing settlement in Gujarat.
Patel took on X (previously Twitter) to apologise to the social gathering staff of her districts following a joint press convention within the nationwide capital by Congress chief Mukul Wasnik and the AAP, the place it was introduced that the AAP would contest the Lok Sabha election from the stronghold of Ahmed Patel.
“Deeply apologize to our district cadre for not having the ability to safe the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in alliance. I share your disappointment. Collectively, we are going to regroup to make INC stronger. We cannot let Ahmed Patel’s 45 years of Legacy go in useless,” she stated, in a publish on X.
Earlier, Mumtaz had conveyed her want to contest the Lok Sabha election from the constituency the place her father, Ahmed Patel, held vital affect.
On a previous event, Mumtaz Patel’s brother, Faisal, had additionally asserted his willpower to safe victory within the Bharuch seat.
“Honorable Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji, you listened to me and the Bharuch Congress staff. By supporting us, I and my fellow Bharuch Congress staff have been honored. I promise you that I’ll reside as much as your religion by successful the Bharuch Lok Sabha” Faisal Patel had posted on X on Friday. Faisal Patel had earlier stated that neither he nor the Congress cadre in Bharuch would help the choice to let the AAP contest the seat.
Ahmed Patel had received the Bharuch seat in 1977, 1980 and 1984 however since 1989 the BJP has dominated the seat successful it a number of instances. Incumbent MP Mansukhbhai Vasava has held the seat 1998.
In line with the compromise reached by the AAP and the Congress, in Gujarat of the 26 parliamentary seats the Congress will contest 24 seats, whereas the remaining 2–Bharuch and Bhavyanagar are within the AAP’s kitty.
The social gathering’s MLA and tribal chief Chaitar Vasava will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Bharuch seat. Each events have finalised their seat-sharing pact for the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi additionally after a number of rounds of deliberations having settled for a four-three seat-sharing system, with AAP contesting 4 seats and Congress three.
“Delhi Lok Sabha has 7 seats. AAP will contest on 4 – New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi; Congress will contest on 3 – Chandni Chowk, North East and North West,” stated Congress normal secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik.
The Congress chief stated that in Haryana his social gathering will contest on 9 Lok Sabha seats, whereas AAP will contest on one seat. “Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha seats. Congress will contest on 9. AAP can have its candidates on 1 seat – on Kurukshetra,” he stated. “After an extended dialogue on Chandigarh, on the finish, it was determined that Congress candidate will contest from there,” Wasnik stated.
Congress will contest on each the Lok Sabha seats in Goa and the lone Chandigarh seat. Nevertheless, the sealing of the deal – after a interval of hectic negotiations, blended alerts and public show of disagreement is a giant step for the Opposition because it prepares to tackle the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) authorities.
