In the latest seat sharing discussions, both parties have decided that the AAP will contest 4 Lok Sabha seats, and the Congress will fight for 3 seats in the national capital.
"6-7 of its (Congress) MLAs have already gone to the BJP. Many other Congress MLAs are now thinking of quitting the party. Even the Assam Chief Minister said that, when needed we will take them. We appeal to the Congress MLAs to not go to the BJP. If you go to BJP then you will be washed in
The opposition parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jamat-e-Islami and the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), have called off their joint protests in Karachi and announced their plans to observe "Black Day" across Sindh on February 27, ARY News reported.
As part of the agreement reached between the ruling party in Delhi and the grand old party, Congress will contest 3 of the 7 Lok Sabha seats in the national capital while the AAP will field candidates in the remaining 4 constituencies.
After Congress leader Salman Khurshid expressed his dissatisfaction after the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha seat went to the Samajwadi Party (SP), Uttar Pradesh party in-charge Avinash Pande on Saturday said that the grand old party respect his "emotions" but when alliance happens, they have to l
Reacting to West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's statement that Trinamool Congress is in a dilemma over the alliance, TMC MP Santanu Sen said that Adhir Chowdhury should first clear his stand whether he is against BJP or engage in giving oxygen to the BJP.
Following the seat-sharing pact between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday said that the seat-sharing agreement has been reached to strengthen the INDIA alliance and to form government at the Centre.
Terming the seat-sharing pact between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls as "bizarre", Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the path to 'hell' is paved with 'skewed' alliances.
BJP leaders on Saturday termed the alliance between Congress and Aam Adami Party (AAP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in three states and two union territories as "thagbandhan" and alleged that it was laced with contradictions.
Claiming that the ruling Trinamool Congress is in a "dilemma" over the alliance, West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said the grand old party will contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the state alone.
According to the compromise reached by the AAP and the Congress, in Gujarat of the 26 parliamentary seats the Congress will contest 24 seats, while the remaining 2--Bharuch and Bhavyanagar are in the AAP's kitty.