In the 2017 Assembly elections, the 2 events had contested the Gujarat elections individually
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the 2 events had contested the Gujarat elections individually
The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered right into a pre-poll alliance for the following month’s Gujarat Assembly elections, as a part of which the Sharad Pawar-led occasion will contest three of the whole 182 seats within the State, the leaders of the 2 events introduced right here on Friday.
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the 2 events had contested the Gujarat elections individually. NCP’s Kandhal Jadeja was the one MLA to win from the occasion. He represents the Kutiyana Assembly seat in Porbandar district.
Making an announcement in regards to the alliance, Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor stated, “The NCP will fight the upcoming Assembly polls in the state in alliance with the Congress. The NCP will contest three seats – Umreth (Anand district), Naroda (Ahmedabad) and Devgadh Baria (Dahod district) as part of the alliance.” These three seats are at present held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“The Congress has decided to forge an alliance with those parties that were with us in UPA-1 and 2 at the national level,” Mr. Thakor stated whereas expressing confidence that the grand outdated occasion would return to energy within the state by profitable 125 seats.
He stated that folks sharing the identical ideology and dealing to avoid wasting the Constitution in addition to the nation’s unity are coming collectively towards the fascist forces, and this alliance is part of the identical.
Talking to reporters, NCP’s State unit president Jayant Patel Boskey stated the NCP will help Congress in preventing the Gujarat Assembly election.
“We will make sure that we contest these three seats with honesty. I am thankful for the trust reposed in us by Congress. We will not do anything that will harm the image of the NCP,” he stated.
Mr. Thakor stated there’s a chance that NCP staff would demand extra seats, however as per the alliance, the occasion will contest solely three seats.
Elections within the BJP-ruled Gujarat might be held in two phases—on December 1 and 5, and the counting of votes might be taken up on December 8.
Source: www.thehindu.com
