Delhi: AAP offers one Lok Sabha seat to Congress

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has offered the Congress Party a single Lok Sabha seat in Delhi. This is contrary to earlier reports that had suggested a 3-4 formula between Congress and AAP in Delhi.

Offering a single seat is a gesture of goodwill: AAP
Further, AAP MP Sandeep Pathak said that even though the Congress party does not merit even a single seat in Delhi, in the spirit of alliance, the AAP is willing to offer one seat.

"You must have seen in the Delhi elections that the Congress party has zero seats in the Lok Sabha, zero seats in the Vidhan Sabha, and in the MCD elections, out of 250, only 9 seats have come to the Congress party. If you look at this data on a merit basis, the Congress party does not get a single seat, according to this data. But data is not important; keeping in mind the dharma of the alliance and the respect of the Congress party, we offer them one seat. So we propose that the Congress party fights on one seat and the Aam Aadmi Party fights on six seats," he said.

Remaining 6 seats for AAP
The AAP plans to field candidates in the remaining six seats in Delhi, Pathak added.

AAP asserts in Goa
AAP also threw the gauntlet at the Congress by announcing Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas' name as the candidate to contest the LS poll from the South Goa seat. This is a seat that is currently held by Congress MP Francisco Sardinha. AAP has also named Chaitar Vasava from Bharuch and Umesh Bhai Makwana from Bhavnagar as candidates from Gujarat. It was reported that Congress was considering the late Ahmed Patel's daughter Mumtaz Patel for Bahruch.

Seat-sharing discussions disappointing
Pathak also expressed his disappointment over the lack of progress in seat-sharing discussions with the Congress party; he added that despite two official meetings, no concrete outcomes have been achieved.

(With ANI inputs)