In a shot in arm for INDIA, Cong and AAP seal LS poll deal: Delhi to Gujarat, Haryana to Goa

In a boost to the Opposition INDIA alliance, the Congress party and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday announced their seat-sharing agreement in five states / Union Territories (UTs) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Apart from Delhi, their poll partnership will extend to Haryana, Chandigarh, Gujarat and Goa.

The pact was finalised after weeks of tough negotiations and hard bargaining between the two key INDIA constituents.

Announcing their deal at a joint press conference under the INDIA bloc’s banner at Delhi’s Constitution Club, both parties termed their coming together as “essential to confront and defeat the dangerous atmosphere prevailing in the country under the BJP”.

The All India Congress Committee (AICC)’s general secretary Mukul Wasnik told the press conference, “The Congress has been discussing alliance with various partners across the country. We have already declared a seat-sharing agreement with the Samajwadi Party in UP.”

Delhi | Congress and AAP announce seat-sharing in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh and Goa

In Delhi (7 seats), Congress to contest on 3 and AAP on 4
In Gujarat (26 seats), Congress to contest on 24 and AAP on 2 (in Bharuch and Bhavnagar)
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In Delhi, Wasnik said, the Congress and the AAP have reached a seat-sharing agreement. “Delhi has 7 Lok Sabha seats; AAP will contest four: New Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi and East Delhi. Congress will contest Chandni Chowk, North West Delhi and North East Delhi,” he said.

In Haryana, which has 10 Lok Sabha seats, Wasnik said the