SP-RLD pre-poll alliance leaves Congress in a tizzy
The new alliance has dashed the expectation of the grand old party to extract more seats from Uttar Pradesh.
The new alliance has dashed the expectation of the grand old party to extract more seats from Uttar Pradesh.
The two parties kept three of the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu-Kashmir for “friendly contest” between them.
Earlier last week, state party chief Sheila Dikshit said that Congress will not forge an alliance with the AAP in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Rahul Gandhi had called a meeting of Congress leaders in Delhi to hold discussions on an alliance with the AAP.
Ending speculations of an alliance with the Congress, the AAP on Saturday announced six candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
During a meeting of 'Mahagathbandhan', leaders at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence last month, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had refused a proposal for alliance between his party and the AAP, citing opposition from its Delhi unit leaders.
Kejriwal said if the Congress agrees to the alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party would lose all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital.
The opposition parties had decided on a pre-poll alliance to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP in the general elections.
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It seems the Congress is keen to offer at least one of her MLAs a berth in chief minister Kamal Nath’s cabinet. But Mayawati has not bitten the bait yet.
