Leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress announced their seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, revealing the constituencies each party will contest in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat. According to the arrangement, Congress will contest in Chandigarh instead of AAP.
Speaking to the press, Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik outlined the distribution: in Delhi, Congress will contest three seats while AAP will contest four. In Gujarat’s 26 seats, Congress will contest 24 and AAP will contest two, specifically in Bharuch and Bhavnagar. In Haryana’s 10 seats, Congress will contest nine while AAP will contest one in Kurukshetra. Wasnik further mentioned that Congress will contest the lone seat in Chandigarh and both seats in Goa.
In Delhi, AAP will contest the New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi, and East Delhi seats, while Congress will contest from Chandni Chowk, Northeast Delhi, and Northwest Delhi.
AAP leader Sandeep Pathak emphasized the need for a strong alternative to the current government, highlighting various issues such as institutional deterioration, election irregularities, farmer injustice, unemployment, and inflation. He underscored the importance of prioritizing the nation over individual political interests, stating that the alliance is focused on the country’s welfare. Pathak concluded that the upcoming election will be fought collectively under the banner of INDIA, transcending party boundaries.
