The Congress nationwide alliance committee on Thursday held a gathering with the get together president Mallikarjun Kharge and get together chief Rahul Gandhi. The committee made a number of suggestions for the seat-sharing negotiations with I.N.D.I.A companions for upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Senior Congress leaders – Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, KC Venugopal, Salman Khurshid, Mukul Wasnik and others – have been current on the assembly. (*40*) of the Congress nationwide alliance committee Wasnik mentioned the committee briefed Kharge and Gandhi in regards to the options made by the get together leaders in the states. The committee had held conferences with the get together leaders in numerous states on the seat-sharing and famous their options.
Wasnik, whereas talking to reporters, mentioned additional discussions will happen with the I.N.D.I.A companions on the earliest as and every time they are going to be out there for discussions.
The seat-sharing discussions have been being given prime precedence, he added.
However, the Congress chief mentioned he couldn’t give any particular deadline for when seat-sharing talks will probably be accomplished.
Congress’ technique for seat-sharing in UP
The supply mentioned that in the report submitted by the nationwide alliance committee to the Congress president, there was a suggestion to speak about seat-sharing with the alliance accomplice in UP based mostly on 2009 efficiency. Congress believes that if the efficiency of Congress in the final Lok Sabha was poor then the efficiency of Samajwadi Party was additionally not so good. Hence, Congress ought to stake declare to contest all of the seats it gained in 2009. In 2009, the grand outdated get together gained 21 seats in UP, whereas SP 23 seats.
The UP state unit of Congress is constantly demanding the central management to contest in 50 per cent seats i.e. 40 constituencies. The UP management of Congress believes that Congress wants Akhilesh Yadav as a lot as he wants the grand outdated get together in the Lok Sabha elections, the sources mentioned.
The state unit believes that the development of Muslim voters will probably be in direction of Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. If SP and Congress contest elections individually, then SP may also should bear the brunt of the division of Muslim votes, they added.
Earlier, 10 seats have been fastened for Uttar Pradesh by the nationwide alliance committee, however after stress from the state unit, yesterday, the get together is rethinking, the sources mentioned.
