Talks between AAP, Congress for Haryana Alliance fail over seat-sharing
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress have reportedly failed to reach an agreement on seat-sharing for the upcoming Haryana Assembly election. According to sources, AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, was seeking to contest at least 10 seats, while Congress was only willing to offer three.
The two parties, both part of the opposition INDIA bloc at the national level, had been considering a pre-poll alliance for Haryana. Discussions were held over the past few days, with Congress leader Deepak Babaria stating that the alliance would only proceed if it created a "win-win" situation for both sides.
AAP was particularly interested in securing the Kalayat seat and at least one seat in the Kurukshetra region. However, with no breakthrough in the talks, Haryana AAP chief Sushil Gupta announced that the party would release its full list of candidates if the Congress did not make a decision by Monday evening.
Following this, AAP released its first list of 20 candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls. Among the candidates, Haryana unit vice president Anurag Dhanda has been fielded from Kalayat, Indu Sharma from Bhiwani, Vikas Nehra from Meham, and Bijender Hooda from Rohtak.
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After arriving from Delhi, Shinde heads to his native village; Mahayuti meet likely on Sun
Mumbai(PTI): Outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who returned to Mumbai from New Delhi on Friday morning, is travelling to his native village in Satara district amid continuing suspense over his successor a week after the assembly poll results.
Shinde had told reporters in New Delhi on late Thursday night that the next meeting of the Mahayuti alliance on government formation will be held in Mumbai on Friday.
However, the caretaker CM, who heads the Shiv Sena, is travelling to his native village Dare in Satara district in western Maharashtra and the meeting is now expected to take place on Sunday, the sources said.
The Shiv Sena leader has repeatedly said he would not be an obstacle in the government formation and abide by the decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the next chief minister.
Different viewpoints are emerging in the Shiv Sena over Shinde's place in the next government to be headed by the BJP, the biggest constituent in the Mahayuti, which posted a thumping win in the just-held assembly polls.
Many leaders in the Shiv Sena are asking Shinde to accept deputy CM's post if offered by the BJP. However, another section feels it wouldn't be right for him to accept No. 2 position after serving as CM for more than two-and-a-half years, the sources said.
"The government formation process will start after the BJP announces its legislature party leader," they said.
During his Delhi trip, Shinde had met Shah and discussed formation of the next government in the state. His deputies in the outgoing state cabinet Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit Pawar (NCP) had also met the senior BJP leader.
Talking to reporters in the national capital, Shinde called the discussion “good and positive”.
Shinde, Fadnavis and Pawar had also met BJP president J P Nadda.
