Delhi Seat-Sharing Deal In Final Phase, AAP May Fight 4 Seats, Congress 3

The AAP can contest elections on four seats, whereas the Congress is likely to field its candidates on three seats.

Lok Sabha Elections: In a boost to the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have reached an agreement on seat sharing in the national capital ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. According to ABP News sources, the AAP can contest elections on four seats, whereas the Congress is likely to field its candidates on three seats. The talks on seat-sharing are in the final stage.

AAP can contest elections on New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, and South Delhi seats, whereas Congress can contest elections on East Delhi, North East Delhi, and Chandni Chowk seats. The Congress currently does not have any Lok Sabha MP or MLA from Delhi.

This comes a day after Congress and the Samajwadi Party ended speculations pertaining to seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh ahead of LS polls. Congress Uttar Pradesh In-charge Avinash Pande on Wednesday said that the grand-old party will contest 17 seats in UP, while the SP and other parties will fight on 63 seats in the state.

"I am delighted to tell you that it has been decided that in Uttar Pradesh the INC will contest on 17 seats and the remaining 63 seats will have candidates of INDIA Alliance - from SP and other parties," Pande said, according to ANI.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra spoke with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over phone on Wednesday to break the deadlock on Lok Sabha polls seat-sharing in UP and give a final shape to an alliance at the earliest, PTI quoted sources as saying.