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 Party (AAP) as a part of a INDIA alliance’s seat-sharing settlement in Gujarat.
Patel took on X (previously Twitter) to apologise to the get together 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 being able to secure the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in alliance. I share your disappointment. Together, we will regroup to make INC stronger. We won’t let Ahmed Patel’s 45 years of Legacy go in vain,” she mentioned, in a put up on X.
Earlier, Mumtaz had conveyed her need to contest the Lok Sabha election from the constituency the place her father, Ahmed Patel, held important affect.
On a previous event, Mumtaz Patel’s brother, Faisal, had additionally asserted his dedication to safe victory within the Bharuch seat.
“Honorable Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji, you listened to me and the Bharuch Congress workers. By supporting us, I and my fellow Bharuch Congress workers have been honored. I promise you that I will live up to your faith by winning the Bharuch Lok Sabha” Faisal Patel had posted on X on Friday. Faisal Patel had earlier mentioned that neither he nor the Congress cadre in Bharuch would assist the choice to let the AAP contest the seat.
Ahmed Patel had gained the Bharuch seat in 1977, 1980 and 1984 however since 1989 the BJP has dominated the seat successful it a number of occasions. Incumbent MP Mansukhbhai Vasava has held the seat 1998.
According to 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 get together’s MLA and tribal chief Chaitar Vasava will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Bharuch seat. Both 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,” mentioned Congress basic secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik.
The Congress chief mentioned that in Haryana his get together 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 will have its candidates on 1 seat – on Kurukshetra,” he mentioned. “After a long discussion on Chandigarh, at the end, it was decided that Congress candidate will contest from there,” Wasnik mentioned.
Congress will contest on each the Lok Sabha seats in Goa and the lone Chandigarh seat. However, the sealing of the deal – after a interval of hectic negotiations, combined alerts and public show of disagreement is a giant step for the Opposition because it prepares to tackle the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities.
