Empowered by securing seat-sharing agreements with the AAP and the Samajwadi Party, the Congress on Saturday took a dig at the BJP, which has yet to formalise similar arrangements with its coalition partners, questioning whether the ruling party has become "hostage" to the very parties it aimed to ally.
Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal highlighted that over the past week, the I.N.D.I.A. bloc has successfully concluded significant seat-sharing agreements in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, and Chandigarh. "In the coming few days, all our other discussions will also reach a positive conclusion," he shared in a statement on X.
Furthermore, In the same post, Venugopal stated, "Meanwhile, what is happening in the NDA? Are all the ill-conceived, corrupt, and opportunistic M&A deals giving BJP sleepless nights? Why no seat-sharing yet in Bihar? What about Maharashtra, where they have taken a sledgehammer on democracy?" "Is the party which claims to win 400+ seats being held hostage by those parties it wanted to gobble up?" he questioned.
The Congress has declared a seat-sharing agreement with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and with AAP in Delhi, Gujarat, and Haryana. Negotiations are also progressing swiftly for seat-sharing arrangements in Bihar and Maharashtra.
The AAP is slated to contest four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi while the Congress will contest three, as announced by the I.N.D.I.A. bloc constituents on Saturday, unveiling their seat-sharing arrangements for the national capital, Gujarat, Goa, and Haryana. Additionally, the two parties have agreed to contest the Lok Sabha polls independently in Punjab.