J&Ok, Bihar, Maharashtra OK For INDIA Seat-Sharing. Bengal An Difficulty: Sources

1. Talks will presumably start in states the place regional events are main companions, similar to Bihar, Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. An settlement within the first two is prone to be hard-fought given the power of the events concerned. Offers within the latter two could also be simpler, though in Maharashtra deciding which seats the Congress, the Shiv Sena UBT and the NCP will contest could also be an issue.

2. Bihar’s 40 seats should be cut up between the Congress, the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. In 2019 the JDU – then with the Bharatiya Janata Get together – gained 16 of the 17 seats it contested and that places Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a powerful place. The RJD gained zero however it’s unlikely to be reduce out since it’s the largest celebration within the Meeting. The JDU cannot rule sans its help.

3. Sources have stated the JDU and the RJD, whose chief Tejashwi Yadav is Deputy Chief Minister, need to contest an equal variety of seats and divide the remainder among the many Congress (which gained only one seat) and smaller outfits. Understandably then, discovering an settlement right here will take time. In actual fact, the Congress’ Bihar chief, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, has stated talks have not formally begun.

4. Over in Maharashtra – which sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha – an settlement on division of seats could also be simpler to return by. There are three INDIA allies right here – the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Get together and ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction. Sources have stated there’s an agreement-in-principle to divide seats equally – 16 every – among the many Maha Vikas Aghadi allies. There may be additionally consensus that the three will give seats to smaller companions from their very own quota.

5. The problem, although, is allocating seats to allies. An instance – the Mumbai (South Central) seat is held by Rahul Shewale, a Shiv Sena chief who’s now with Eknath Shinde’s camp. The Thackeray faction desires to contest this seat once more however so too does the Congress. The Congress additionally has its eyes on the Mumbai (South) seat held by Arvind Sawant, who remains to be with the Thackeray Sena camp.

6. There may be not prone to be any drawback in Tamil Nadu, the place the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress have all however settled on a deal. The 2 contested the 2019 election collectively too and, because it was then, the DMK will get 20 seats and the Congress 9, with the remaining distributed to different coalition companions.

7. After which there’s Bengal and the frosty relations between the ruling Trinamool, the Congress, and the CPIM-led Left Entrance. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in Spain and discussions over the state’s 42 seats will start on her return. Sources stated she might play good with the Congress however a cope with the CPIM will likely be tougher.

8. The duty could also be tougher after INDIA introduced plans to push for a caste census – one thing Ms Banerjee opposed. The committee made the announcement on Wednesday – at a gathering the Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee was unable to attend due to a “handy” summons by the Enforcement Directorate

9. Sources have additionally indicated offers are close to for Jammu and Kashmir’s 5 seats – between the Congress, the Nationwide Convention and the Folks’s Democratic Get together. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Get together should work out offers for Delhi’s seven and Punjab’s 13 seats and the 2 are additionally anticipated to divide Gujarat’s 26 seats.

10. Throughout the nation there are additionally 100 others seats wherein the Congress is anticipated to go head-to-head with the BJP. There’ll, due to this fact, be no seat-sharing for these, sources instructed NDTV.

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