Why don’t regional parties give importance to Congress in the by-elections?
New Delhi: The issue of seat sharing in the Jharkhand-Maharashtra parliamentary elections is yet to be resolved; The distribution of seats in the assembly by-elections being held on 47 seats in 13 states has increased tension among the Indian alliance allies. In fact, to resolve the issue of seat sharing in the Indian alliance, the big leaders of Congress, SP, RJD and Shiv Sena were forced to discuss. Even after this, the alliance has not officially announced the seat sharing.
How will things be in Maharashtra?
According to the information, the strong party in any state does not give up a seat to its ally or gives up a nominal seat to someone who is very difficult to win. For example, in Maharashtra, Congress-Shiv Sena-NCP (Sharad Pawar) is in a very strong position. Here the Samajwadi Party is demanding 12 seats. He says two of his MLAs are already here. He wants a seat where he is in a position to win. According to sources, Maha Vikas Aghadi is not willing to give up more than two seats to the SP in Maharashtra. The SP has already announced the names of its five candidates.
Clash over seat sharing in UP
Similarly, SP is very strong in UP. He is willing to give up only two seats to the Congress in the by-elections to be held on 9 seats. Apart from Ghaziabad and Khair seats, the SP does not want to give even a single additional seat to the Congress. According to sources, the SP wants to win respectable seats in Maharashtra as well. He says the SP did not contest even a single Congress seat in Haryana. In fact, the seats that the SP wanted in Congress were not given there. According to sources, there has been an argument between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi over seat sharing in the UP by-elections. Sources say the SP could give Phulpur a Congress seat. That means Congress can win three seats in UP. While the Congress wanted to field its candidates for five of the nine seats.
RJD angry in Jharkhand
Similarly, in Jharkhand too, RJD is not happy with seat sharing. CM Hemant Soren had recently said that JMM and Congress will jointly contest the elections for 70 seats. The remaining 11 seats will be given to RJD and Left parties. Here RJD wants more seats but Congress-JMM does not want to give it more than 5-7 seats.
TMC did not give a single seat to Congress in West Bengal
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is contesting elections in West Bengal only. Here it has also presented its candidates for the by-elections for the six seats. This clearly means that TMC and Congress will fight separately here. Even in the Lok Sabha elections, both parties fought separately when there was no consensus on seat sharing. The result was that the Congress could not win a single seat. In Bengal, Congress and Left parties fought together in the last elections, but in Kerala, swords are drawn between the two.
AAP did not give importance to Congress in Punjab
In Punjab too, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress will compete alone in the elections for four seats. The AAP has also fielded candidates for the four seats. Even in the Lok Sabha elections held this year, the Congress and the AAP had contested separately. While Congress and AAP had contested the elections together in alliance in Delhi-Haryana. There is an Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab. The AAP is already saying that it will not form an alliance with the Congress in Delhi.
Congress-Left face to face in Kerala
The political rivalry of the ruling Left in Kerala with the Congress is not hidden from anyone. While the Congress has fielded Priyanka Gandhi for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election, the Democratic Front (LDF) has chosen Satyan Mokeri as its candidate. Congress is generally ignored by its allies everywhere. In reality, the Congress does not want to give seats to allies where it is strong, but rather take seats where it is weak at any cost.
RJD did not give up a single seat to Congress in Bihar
RJD, which was hurt by Jharkhand, did not give up a single seat to the Congress in the four-seat by-elections held in Bihar. While the left party won one seat. What is interesting is that RJD received the seat sharing announcement from the Bihar Congress state president himself. According to sources, the Congress was also planning to contest some of the four seats.
Congress did not attract attention in Jammu and Kashmir
Similarly, the Congress, which contested the assembly elections along with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, did not join the government. According to sources, the Congress would get only one ministerial post. While he wanted more than one ministerial post, he only has six MLAs there. Congress supports Omar Abdullah’s government from outside. Here, the National Conference contested 51 of 90 seats, while the Congress in the alliance contested 32 seats. The Congress won six seats and the National Conference won 42 seats. There was also a friendly fight between the National Conference and the Congress for five seats in the state.
AAP sidelined in Haryana
After several rounds of talks, an alliance between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was in place for the recently held assembly elections in Haryana. In reality, the Congress was giving very few seats to the Aam Aadmi Party, while the AAP was asking for only 9-10 seats. The situation was such that Congress could not form a government. In some seats, the AAP ruined the Congress game. Haryana Congress leaders were not ready for an alliance with the AAP.
