AAP To Hold Party Meeting Today, Likely To Declare Candidates' Names For LS Polls

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold its  Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting today on Tuesday at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence. The names of the Lok Sabha candidates will also be discussed and the party is likely to declare names of candidates for Haryana, Gujarat, Delhi, and Punjab, said the party in an official statement.

After much haggling and extensive deliberations over weeks, the AAP and the Congress finally broke the deadlock and announced a 4:3 seat-sharing deal for the national capital ahead of the crucial general elections.

In Gujarat, the Congress will contest 24 of 26 Lok Sabha seats, leaving the remaining two seats Bharuch and Bhavnagar for the AAP.

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In Haryana, the Congress will contest 8 of the 9 Lok Sabha seats while the AAP will contest the lone seat of Kurukshetra.

The party has finalised its seat-sharing arrangement with its INDIA bloc ally Congress for Delhi, Gujarat, Goa and Haryana. The Congress and AAP have decided to not forge any alliance in Punjab.

"The party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) will meet tomorrow to discuss names of candidates for Lok Sabha polls," PTI cited a party source as saying.

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Earlier on Saturday, in a joint press conference of top leaders of the two parties in the national capital, Congress general secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik said his party will contest from Chandni Chowk, North East and North West seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

(With inputs from agency)