New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party 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 combat for twenty-four seats, AAP for 2; 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 3 seats.
“Congress will contest on 24 seats out of 26 in Gujarat. AAP will field its candidates on 2 seats – Bharuch and Bhavnagar,” mentioned Mukul Wasnik, Congress normal secretary and MP. “In Haryana, which has 10 Lok Sabha seats, Congress will contest on 9. AAP will 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 3 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 mentioned that after a protracted 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 two events didn’t touch upon Punjab, the place AAP had shaped a authorities in 2022 after ousting the Congress. Earlier this month, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal declared that his social gathering 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’s intervention.
“The country is facing a grave situation – the BJP Government is destroying all institutions one by one, the elections are being ‘rigged’ and Opposition leaders are being jailed to win elections, the farmers are being treated unjustly, the people of the country are suffering from unemployment and inflation…the country needs an honest and strong alternative,” mentioned AAP MP Sandeep Pathak after saying the alliance.
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