The Samajwadi Party has conceded two seats to Congress in the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls. The party has given Khair assembly seat in Aligarh and the Ghaziabad Sadar seat, which was won by the BJP in the 2022 assembly polls, to the grand old party.
Ambedkar highlighted lack of coordination among MVA partners Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SCP) and the Congress as reason behind the delay in seat sharing.
The Gupkar Alliance that initially presented a united face, is also now a divided bloc as the general elections are approaching.
Reports that the Congress did not extend an invitation to the TMC supremo to join the Yatra in Bengal added to the unexpected turn of events.
A meeting was convened by the Congress’ National Alliance Committee’s convenor Mukul Wasnik with the leaders of the SP in this regard.
The development came days after party chief Mallikarjun Kharge convened a meeting with the NAC in the wake of its deliberations with various party units over the general elections.
According to sources, a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee may be held on January 19 in which the names of the candidates will be finalised.
Problem for Opposition Grand Alliance is that every party wants as many seats to contest citing various reasons
The AJSU has announced 12 candidates in response to the BJP's list of 52 candidates. Meanwhile, the chief whip of ruling BJP Radha Krishna Kishore on Tuesday joined AJSU.
While Bihar BJP bent over backwards to please its two allies JD-U and LJP, opposition Grand Alliance partners are struggling to reach a seat-sharing deal
