New Delhi:
The Aam Aadmi Occasion will help the incoming Nationwide Convention authorities in Jammu and Kashmir, Arvind Kejriwal’s outfit has mentioned. A letter of help has been given – from the occasion’s lone MLA – Mehraj Malik of the Doda constituency – to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
Yet another seat within the NC’s nook won’t change Chief Minister-elect Omar Abdullah’s fortunes; direct help Thursday from 4 independents means he already has a majority of 46 within the 90-member Home. However the AAP’s help underlines the Congress’ slide in fortunes.
The Nationwide Convention-Congress alliance bucked exit ballot predictions to win the J&Ok election; the NC received 42 of the previous state’s 90 Meeting seats nevertheless it was the Congress’ dire efficiency – successful simply six seats in comparison with 12 within the final election – that made headlines.
The Congress’ return led to fierce criticism from allies, significantly after a dismal present within the Haryana election. It additionally emphasised its precarious place as INDIA bloc head.
Bloc member Shiv Sena (UBT) supplied a scathing overview of the Congress’ Haryana horror, calling out the occasion’s Delhi HQ for failing to reign in state chief Bhupinder Hooda and, considerably, not sharing seats with allies – both AAP or Samajwadi Occasion. Failure to take action, the Maharashtra occasion fumed, could have value the Congress a Haryana election it was purported to win.
That criticism got here with the Maharashtra election – for which the Sena (UBT), the Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction are anticipated to contest collectively – due later this yr.
The AAP’s extension of help to the Nationwide Convention – and never the INDIA bloc – has been seen as one other Congress ally’s jab over the occasion’s failure to achieve seat-share offers.
The 2 events – pushed collectively by Rahul Gandhi – held a number of rounds of talks for the Haryana election, however no deal was made, with a recalcitrant Bhupinder Hooda being blamed.
After the Haryana and J&Ok election outcomes have been introduced, AAP MP Raghav Chadha, who had been tasked with main his occasion’s talks with the Congress, posted a pointed message on X.
Mr Chadha posted a small poem in Hindi that, roughly translated, wonders what would have occurred had the 2 events managed to strike a deal.
At the very least one different INDIA bloc ally – Bengal’s ruling Trinamool – additionally had harsh phrases for the Congress’ “perspective” throughout seat-share talks. These adopted occasion boss Mamata Banerjee’s criticism after final yr’s Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh election debacles.
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