LS Polls: AAP-Congress alliance stuck over seat sharing arrangement

Delhi | Friday | 29th March, 2019

Summary:

According to reports, the seat sharing arrangement between two camps has been a bone of contention. For the upcoming parliamentary elections the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) so far been unable to finalise a seat sharing arrangement which has been a bone of contention. While former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is bitterly opposed to any tie-up with the AAP, a section of the Congress wants to ally with the AAP to take on the BJP. In the beginning it was 3:3:1 later the congress party offered a compromise on a 4:3 partnership (4for AAP and 3 for Congress) but the AAP is demanding 5:2 seat sharing agreement- 5 seats for self and 2 for the Congress. NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will intensify its Lok Sabha election campaign in Delhi on all seven seats but hinted that it could still ally with the Congress — if the latter was in agreement..