For Opposition Unity, AAP's "Highest Sacrifice" In Assam, A Challenge For Congress
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The Congress and the AAP are part of the INDIA bloc which aims to put up a joint fight against the BJP in the 2024 polls.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today took a step forward to solve the seat-sharing deadlock with ally Congress in Assam, dropping its candidate from Guwahati as a "sacrifice". The AAP also challenged the Congress to withdraw its contenders where both the parties have nominated their representatives.
The Congress and the AAP are part of the INDIA bloc which aims to put up a joint fight against the BJP in the 2024 polls, and talks are on to allocate seats to the ally partners.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had earlier named candidates to three out of 14 seats in Assam: Guwahati, Sonitpur, and Dibrugarh. The Congress has declared it will fight 13 seats and is expected to strike a seat-sharing deal with its regional ally Assam Jatiya Parishad for Dibrugarh.
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PM Modi also offered the Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha congratulations for their win in the election in that state.
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Overall, the BJP has not only retained the three seats it won in 2022 but also flipped two others - Kundarki and Katehari - while also picking up a sixth from allies NISHAD Party.
Fahad Ahmed, a candidate of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction, is currently trailing Sana Malik, nominee of Ajit Pawar's NCP, by over 3,000 votes and the counting is nearing completion.
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