‘Will contest with INDIA alliance for Lok Sabha elections 2024, but…’: Arvind Kejriwal on seat sharing
Nitish Kumar severed ties with the grand alliance in Bihar and rejoined BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann had earlier said there will be no alliance with Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state.
In Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his party will not enter into an alliance with the Congress in the state, reiterating that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) will win all 13 seats at stake. Also Read: Lok Sabha Election 2024: What's happening at BJP, NDA seat-sharing talks? "In the 2024 Lok Sabha election...AAP will get 13 seats (in Punjab)," Mann said at a media briefing.
AAP MP and Punjab Co-incharge, Sandeep Pathak said that the Punjab unit had been saying from the beginning that they are capable of contesting alone. Mann's remarks came amid seat-sharing talks between AAP and Congress for the Lok Sabha polls which is expected in April-May this year.
Currently, Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats. The AAP leader was also asked about West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks that her party Trinamool Congress would fight the Lok Sabha polls alone In another blow to the grand old party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also earlier announced the party's decision to contest alone in the Lok Sabha polls.
Soon after the West Bengal CM made the announcement, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said that Rahul Gandhi gave a very clear answer for this and I would like to repeat the same- there are a lot of talks done for seat sharing. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) working president Supriya Sule said that there is no infighting in the alliance and all the
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