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In a major boost to the opposition INDIA alliance, Congress and Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced a seat-sharing agreement in Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Gujarat, and Goa ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. 

In Delhi, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party will contest four out of seven seats- West Delhi, South Delhi, East Delhi and New Delhi. The Congress will contest three remaining seats including North East Delhi, North West Delhi and Chandni Chowk. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won all seven seats. 

During a press conference, Congress general secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik said that Congress will contest 24 out of the 26 seats and AAP will contest 2 seats including  Bharuch and Bhavnagar. 

In Haryana, Congress will contest nine out of the total 10 seats and AAP won the remaining one seat in Kurukshetra. While Congress will contest the lone seat in Chandigarh. The grand old party will also contest both seats in Goa. "Haryana has 10 Lok Sabha seats. Congress will contest on 9. AAP will have its candidates on 1 seat- on Kurukshetra,” Congress general secretary and MP Mukul Wasnik said. 

After the seat-sharing agreement, AAP leader Sandeep Pathak said, “Country today needs a strong government in view of unemployment, farmers issue, inflation among other issues. Country is primary, party is secondary…We will try to win all seven seats in Delhi…In Punjab, we have mutually decided that we will not be together."

However, Congress leader and daughter of veteran party leader late Ahmed Patel, Mumtaz Patel expressed her disappointment after the opposition bloc decided that AAP will contest the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat.

“Deeply apologize to our district cadre for not being able to secure the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in alliance. I share your disappointment. Together, we will regroup to make INC stronger. We won’t let Ahmed Patel's 45 years of Legacy go in vain,” Mumtaz Patel wrote on X.