2024-01-06 02:57:50
In the Lok Sabha election (Lok Sabha election 2024) Congress to give more space to India bloc allies in seat sharing(Congress). The party is preparing to contest in fewer seats than in the last general election. The Congress leadership has informed state constituents that the party wants to focus on 255 seats. In the 2019 general elections, the Congress won only 52 seats but fielded candidates in 421 seats.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leader Rahul Gandhi and AICC organization general secretary KC Venugopal met with the members of the five-member National Alliance Committee of the party. This committee had held discussions with the state elements of the party in the past few days.
Focus on 255 seats
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It is reported that Kharge held a special meeting of AACC general secretaries, state office bearers, state Congress presidents and Congress legislature party leaders. Rahul Gandhi also participated in this meeting. Kharge said that the party will focus on 255 seats in the general elections. The state leaders took this as a sign that the party is preparing to contest in a few seats this time to accommodate the partners of the India front.
How many seats did Congress contest in 2019?
In the 2019 general elections, Congress candidates were fielded in 421 seats. But the party won only 52 seats. Even in the last general elections, Congress had compromised with other political parties in some states. , Congress contested in 21 seats in Karnataka, 25 in Maharashtra, and 9 in Tamil Nadu. In UP, Congress fielded candidates in 70 seats, but only won one seat.
Conflict in alliance
There is now a big dispute in the Indian alliance formed against NDA in connection with the general elections. The state unit of Congress in Punjab is not in favor of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party. The reaction is that any agreement with AAP will prove suicidal. On the other hand, the state unit of Congress in Bengal is against an alliance with TMC. The Samajwadi Party has already indicated that the party will contest in 65 seats in Uttar Pradesh. Only 15 seats are left in UP.
Discussion about the number of seats
Earlier In the Lok Sabha elections The Congress had discussed the number of seats it wanted to contest. The discussion was about the seats in the states where there is a possibility of conflict with the allies. Congress leaders from various states presented their demands. Sources also said that the meeting assessed how many seats the party could win while negotiating with allies from the India Front.
The committee met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and apprised them about the reaction from state elements on seat-sharing with other Indian bloc parties for the Lok Sabha elections. The committee said state-level talks with allies would begin soon.
At the India Front meeting held in Delhi last December 19, the allies had decided to complete the division of seats by December 31. But this could not be implemented. Currently, with the time for the Lok Sabha elections, the opposition parties are trying hard to finalize the seat division.
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