Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI, Jan 29 – In a move that may have a significant bearing, the Congress party has formally ruled out alliance at the national level, limiting poll pacts to adjustments at the State level in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. “We do not have an alliance at the national level. We have alliance partners and seat adjustments at the State level,” All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.He was briefing newsmen after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee here this afternoon.“An alliance is basically a game of numbers. It depends on who gets how many seats. This will be clear only after the elections,” Dwivedi said. The Congress leader said that seat sharing will differ from State to State. “The State leadership of Congress will keep in view the local situation and the State-level party and take a decision with the support of the AICC,” he added. “The Congress will seek votes on its own, except where it is in an alliance”. In those States, where the party has entered into an alliance, it would seek the votes for its alliance partners also, Dwivedi saidThe decision of the CWC, arrived at after a two-hour-long sitting at 10 Jan Path, is significant in the context of Assam as well, where a section within the party has been advocating an alliance with Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF). Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s camp ensured an overwhelming opposition to a pact with AUDF, describing it as ‘communal’, today’s decision came as a shot in the arms for his baiters in the party.One of the reasons behind the decision of the CWC could be to avoid seat-sharing pressures from its allies. UPA allies like the Nationalist Congress Party, Lok Janshakti Party and the Samajwadi Party have been exerting pressure on the Congress Party for seats outside the States of their main influence.“Of course, there is UPA. But the UPA does not fight elections. It is the political parties in UPA which contest elections,” he said replying to questions on the future of UPA. source: assam tribune
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Cong for seat adjustments in States
Spl Correspondent NEW DELHI, Jan 29 – In a move that may have a significant bearing, the Congress party has formally ruled out alliance at the national level, limiting poll pacts to adjustments at the State level in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. “We do not have an alliance at the national level. We have alliance partners and seat adjustments at the State level,” All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.He was briefing newsmen after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee here this afternoon.“An alliance is basically a game of numbers. It depends on who gets how many seats. This will be clear only after the elections,” Dwivedi said. The Congress leader said that seat sharing will differ from State to State. “The State leadership of Congress will keep in view the local situation and the State-level party and take a decision with the support of the AICC,” he added. “The Congress will seek votes on its own, except where it is in an alliance”. In those States, where the party has entered into an alliance, it would seek the votes for its alliance partners also, Dwivedi saidThe decision of the CWC, arrived at after a two-hour-long sitting at 10 Jan Path, is significant in the context of Assam as well, where a section within the party has been advocating an alliance with Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF). Though Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s camp ensured an overwhelming opposition to a pact with AUDF, describing it as ‘communal’, today’s decision came as a shot in the arms for his baiters in the party.One of the reasons behind the decision of the CWC could be to avoid seat-sharing pressures from its allies. UPA allies like the Nationalist Congress Party, Lok Janshakti Party and the Samajwadi Party have been exerting pressure on the Congress Party for seats outside the States of their main influence.“Of course, there is UPA. But the UPA does not fight elections. It is the political parties in UPA which contest elections,” he said replying to questions on the future of UPA. source: assam tribune
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