Amid Congress-AAP alliance talks, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said both parties are trying to join hands by keeping aside their individual aspirations.
Though both parties are yet to reach a consensus on the alliance, Chadha indicated that the talks are progressing 'positively'.
Earlier PTI quoted sources as saying on Sunday that Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has reached a seat-sharing deal for the upcoming Haryana elections and the latter has agreed to contest on five seats.
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However, there is no official confirmation of any seat-sharing deal.
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Chadha also said that AAP will not proceed with the alliance "if there is no win-win situation".
"The talks are happening in a positive atmosphere. Both parties are working towards contesting the elections together, prioritising unity and the demands of the people of Haryana while setting aside individual party and candidate aspirations," he said.
Haryana will go to polls on October 5 and the last date to file nominations is September 12.
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Reportedly, AAP was demanding 10 seats, while Congress was ready to give only seven. Also, there is dissent within the Congress party in joining hands with AAP to contest the elections.
"We will take a decision well before the last day of nomination. If there is no win-win situation, we will leave it. The talks are going on, good discussions are happening," Chadha added.
Meanwhile, Congress has released the first list of the candidates to contest in the Haryana polls. The newly joined Congress member, wrestler Vinesh Phogat will be contesting from Julana, while former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda will be contesting from his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat.
Earlier, Congress and AAP entered a seat-sharing agreement for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat.
In Haryana, AAP state president Sushil Gupta was the lone party candidate in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. He lost to BJP's Naveen Jindal.
Gupta recently asserted that the AAP is ready to strongly contest all the 90 assembly seats in Haryana on its own "with an alliance with the people of the state".
