New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen their political clout, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have determined to struggle the Chandigarh Mayor elections as allies. The two 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 informed 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 submit, 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 superb 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 come later; before that, the corporation elections have come. We have been discussing the same and it has been decided that AAP will contest for the post of mayor and Congress will contest for the post of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor. The result of this will be that our candidate from the INDIA bloc will be successful with a good majority,” he mentioned.
“On national issues, we know that there is agreement between Congress and AAP. Meetings have been held between different parties in which a consensus has been reached. At this time, everyone has gathered together to save the feelings of democracy,” he added.
The Chandigarh Mayor elections will see a complete of 35 councillors casting their votes. The BJP, which is the ruling celebration on the centre, has the help 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.
However, if the AAP and the Congress mix their votes, they’ll 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 two events are prone to share seats in Delhi, Punjab, Goa and Haryana, the place they’ve a big presence.
Meanwhile, 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 take heed to him. Making him the chairperson is an effective signal, he added. “He is a big leader. All alliance partners respect him and listen to him. Making him the chairperson is a good sign,” he mentioned.
