INDIA bloc sailing through seat-sharing process ahead of Lok Sabha polls? A state-wise analysis
255 seats of the total 543 seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Here's a look at how seat-sharing talks are going on in different and what different political parties are demanding: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in power in Delhi. The national capital has seven Lok Sabha seats.
According to India Today, the AAP offered three Lok Sabha seats to the Congress in Delhi. Meanwhile, the Times of India reported that the Congress expressed its keenness to contest the East Delhi, North East and Chandni Chowk seats. Delhi and Punjab are two regions where the AAP and the Congress have remained at loggerheads.
As these reports surfaced, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, “We don't have the details whether they would offer us three or four seats. There was no clarity whether there would be an alliance in Delhi or not." The AAP is currently ruling Punjab. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats.
As seat sharing talks are underway with the Congress, sources told India Today that the AAP has expressed willingness to give six seats to the Congress in the border state. However, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said on January 4, “The AICC (All India Congress Committee) has told us to compete on all 13 seats... We have prepared to compete for all 13 seats.
We will discuss the candidates and strategy to contest elections in the coming 3-4 months." Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) has been firm in its demand for 16-17 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar. According to PTI, a close aide of Kumar had earlier made it clear that for the JD(U), a number less than 16, its current strength in Lok Sabha, was out of question. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has also demanded 17 seats, leaving for
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