The Congress party on Tuesday announced a committee including former chief ministers for seat-sharing talks with alliance partners. Congress leader Mukul Wasnik has been appointed as the convenor of the committee.
“In the run-up to the General Elections-2024, Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has constituted a National Alliance Committee with immediate effect,” Congress said in a post on X. According to a release from Congress, the committee includes former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik, Salman Khurshid and Mohan Prakash.
The committee announcement comes amidst INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on Tuesday.
The INDIA alliance is conducting its fourth meeting in Delhi on Tuesday, the first since the Congress suffered a setback across the Hindi heartland in the recently concluded Assembly elections. On the table will be seat sharing, a joint campaign blueprint and redrawing the joint strategy to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the bloc would move forward with a positive agenda and will highlight people's issues in the Lok Sabha polls. However, with just months left for the 2024 elections, there is little time for the opposition bloc to revamp its election narrative to counter a stronger BJP under Prime Minister Modi.
As for seat sharing, the regional parties want the Congress to start the seat-sharing talks so they can begin preparations ahead of the polls. Some alliance leaders have conveyed that they would want to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement by the end of this month.
