Congress doesn’t deserve any seat in Delhi, still we will offer 1: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said Congress doesn’t deserve a single Lok Sabha seat in Delhi based on their performance in the previous elections still we will offer them one seat in adherence to the principles of INDIA bloc.
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday said Congress doesn’t deserve a single Lok Sabha seat in Delhi based on their performance in the previous elections still we will offer them one seat in adherence to the principles of INDIA bloc.
Addressing the media on seating sharing here, AAP MP and the party’s national general secretary Sandeep Pathak asserted, “We held two meetings with Congress on January 8th and 12th to discuss seat sharing but did not reach any conclusion. It’s been a month since we had any meeting on seat-sharing talks to resume for Delhi.”
“Congress has zero seats in Lok Sabha and zero in the state legislative assembly. In the MCD elections last year, Congress won 9 seats out of 250. On a merit basis, Congress does not deserve a single seat. But keeping in mind the alliance principles, we propose to offer them one seat in Delhi,” Pathak said.
We hope talks about this will be held soon, if not then we will announce the names of six candidates for Delhi in the next few days, Pathak said.
Pathak further said, “AAP secured 5 seats with around 13 per cent vote share. Congress secured 17 seats with a 27 per cent vote share in Gujarat’s legislative assembly elections. Based on merit here, AAP should get one-third of the seats and Congress should get two-thirds of the seats.”
“According to this equation, AAP should contest elections on 8 seats and Congress on 18 seats. So, we have asked the INDIA alliance to give those 8 seats. Today we have announced two seats, and we will announce other 6 seats later,” he said.
He further named the party’s Chaitra Vasava and Umeshbhai Makwana to contest Lok Sabha elections from Bharuch and Bhavnagar seats in Gujarat, respectively. It announced Venzy Viegas to contest elections from the South Goa seat.
State leaders of both parties in Punjab want to contest elections separately, Pathak said adding, “We have decided that both the parties will contest elections independently in Punjab. Chandigarh, Haryana and other places should be discussed soon.”
