Differences buried: NCP-Congress to fight 2019 Lok Sabha election together in Maharashtra
January 05, 2019 11:00 ISTThe parties have arrived at a consensus on 40 seats and decision on remaining eight will be done in a few days.
The parties have arrived at a consensus on 40 seats and decision on remaining eight will be done in a few days.
As per the deal, the two Uttar Pradesh-based political outfits will contest 37 Lok Sabha seats each.
The 100 rallies will be held in 20 states of the country, starting with Punjab's Jalandhar and Gurdaspur on January 3 (Thursday).
As per the deal, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan may get a Rajya Sabha berth. The party may also get a seat in Jharkhand.
BJP president Amit Shah and JDU chief Nitish Kumar held a meeting in New Delhi on Friday to decide the seat sharing formula for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The party is in election mode and will start the work of putting up a manifesto and draw strategy for publicity and coordination, said Ashok Gehlot.
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Though there was no immediate proposal of a seat-sharing formula, Maharashtra Congress Chief Ashok Chavan indicated it could be worked out after the Congress top brass takes a final decision in the matter.
Demands for better coordination with allies have been raised by partners in the BJP-led coalition in Bihar in the aftermath of the some alliance partners' poor show in a number of recent by-elections.
BJP has always fought election on the issue of development, says Sudhanshu Trivedi. Countering the BJP spokeperson, Congress leader Akhilesh Pratap Singh said that PM Modi has failed to live uto public expectations.
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