After the defeat in the Haryana assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party had blamed the Congress for not forming an alliance, and the Congress has blamed the same in the Delhi elections. Haryana Congress President Chaudhary Udaybhan said that the seats on which we had expected to contest in Delhi were not given to us by the Aam Aadmi Party, due to which the alliance between Congress and AAP could not happen there.
Aam Aadmi Party Haryana President Dr. Sushil Gupta also said after the defeat of Congress in the state that the Congress did not give us the seats of our choice, due to which the alliance between AAP and Congress could not happen in Haryana and the BJP government was formed.
What did Haryana Congress President Udaybhan say on AAP’s defeat?
Speaking to the media at the party office in Chandigarh, Haryana Congress President Chaudhary Udaybhan said that the vote percentage of Congress has increased in Delhi. Earlier our vote percentage was 4, which has now increased to 6.4 percent.
Congress wanted to contest the elections together with AAP under the India Alliance. But AAP has already announced to field its candidates on all seats. If both the parties had contested the elections together, then a coalition government of Aam Aadmi Party and Congress could have been formed in Delhi.
The name of the leader of opposition can be announced before the budget session
On the lack of election of the leader of opposition in Haryana in the last four months, Congress President Udaybhan said that the budget session of the assembly is going to be held soon. The name of the leader of opposition can be announced before the budget session of the assembly. He told that the election of councilors in the municipal councils has been left to the local leaders. If the local leaders want to contest the elections of councilors also on the symbol, then the symbol will be given by the party.
In the meeting held in Delhi, former speaker and Thanesar MLA Ashok Arora has advocated to contest only the election of the council chairman on the symbol in his area. Congress MLA from Sirsa Gokul Setia is in favor of contesting the elections of ward councilors in his council also on the symbol. For this reason, the party has authorized the local leaders to take a decision on the symbol in the matter of elections of wards of the municipal councils.
What did he say about the selection of candidates?
Choudhary Udaybhan said that Congress has formed a committee under the chairmanship of former education minister Geeta Bhukkal to prepare its manifesto for the corporation elections. A meeting has been called in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the manifesto.
In this meeting, a broad decision will be taken on which issues are to be raised. Regarding the selection of candidates, he said that the leaders willing to contest the elections have been given time to apply till today i.e. Tuesday evening.
