Ending all speculations, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday officially announced their alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Both the parties have been holding parleys since the formation of the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP in the general elections.
In Delhi, out of the seven Lok Sabha seats, the Congress will contest in three seats and AAP in four constituencies.
Addressing a joint press conference along with the senior leaders of the AAP here, senior Congress leader and convenor of the party’s National Alliance Committee (NAC) Mukul Wasnik while announcing the alliance between both the parties said AAP will contest in four and Congress in three Lok Sabha seats.
He said it was decided that AAP will contest in New Delhi, West Delhi, South Delhi and East Delhi parliamentary seats, while Congress in Chandni Chowk, North East and North West seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, both the parties drew a blank.
Talking about Gujarat, Wasnik said Congress will contest in 24 out of the 26 seats in Gujarat and in two seats AAP will field its candidate, these include Bharuch and Bhavnagar.
In Haryana, of ten LS seats, the Congress will contest on nine seats and AAP on one seat that is Kurukshetra, he informed.
Talking of the Chandigarh seat, after a threadbare discussion, it was decided that Congress will field its candidate, added Wasnik.
The senior Congress leader also said that after a detailed discussion, it was agreed upon that the Congress will contest on both the seats in Goa.
The latest development came days after the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
It may be mentioned that the NAC has been holding meetings with the parties of the INDIA alliance on seat-sharing for the forthcoming polls.
Notably, in Punjab the two parties have mutually decided to contest separately for the forthcoming general elections,
Responding to a question over Punjab, senior AAP leader Sandeep Pathak said that both parties have mutually decided to contest separately in Punjab.