Lok Sabha elections 2024:Â Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday acknowledged that the settlement on seat-sharing preparations in Delhi between the AAP and the Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ought to have been finalised earlier.
Kejriwal’s assertion coincides with the uncertainty surrounding the continued seat-sharing discussions between AAP and Congress in Delhi forward of the Lok Sabha elections. Tensions have risen among the many events of the INDIA bloc after AAP proposed providing Congress solely one of many seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.
Here’s what Kejriwal mentioned on seat-sharing
“Let’s wait and see what unfolds in the next two to three days. The process has been delayed, and it would have been preferable to conclude it earlier,” mentioned Kejriwal when questioned in regards to the seat allocation arrangement in Delhi with the Congress.
It is pertinent to say that the Opposition’s bloc, consisting of over 25 events, have stumbled to the seat-sharing situation with a number of events expressing their grievance concerning the delay in formulating a method to take on the BJP.
Delhi Congress President on seat-sharing
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely knowledgeable that he’s unaware of whether or not the Congress will type an alliance with AAP in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha election as he’s not instantly collaborating in the discussions. “I am not directly involved in the decision-making regarding the alliance. A committee headed by Mukul Wasnik is handling the matter, so I will refrain from commenting on it,” Mr. Lovely advised reporters.
AAP, Congress leaders meet
A vital assembly was held between the AAP and the Congress get together leaders on Tuesday to deliberate on a seat-sharing system for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024, mentioned sources.Â
As per the sources, the potential last seat-sharing arrangement may very well be as follows:
- Delhi: 5 seats for AAP, 2 seats for Congress
- Haryana: 9 seats for Congress, 1 seat for AAP
- Assam: 1 seat (unspecified)
- Gujarat: 2 to three seats (unspecified)
Congress, Samajwadi Party alliance in UP
As the seat-sharing negotiations with AAP in Delhi stay unsure, Congress’ different ally in the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, the Samajwadi Party, has reached an settlement for the alliance in Uttar Pradesh forward of the Lok Sabha elections.
On Wednesday, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav introduced that Congress would contest 17 seats in UP, whereas the Samajwadi Party and different allies would contest 63 seats. Additionally, Congress has prolonged a suggestion to the Samajwadi Party to contest the Khajuraho seat in Madhya Pradesh.
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