Congress to contest all 7 Delhi Lok Sabha seats in 2024 elections | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Congress will contest all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This was decided in a meeting convened by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday and attended by Rahul Gandhi.

“We have been asked to prepare for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. It has been decided that we will contest on all 7 seats. Seven months are left and all the party workers have been asked to prepare for all seven seats,” Congress leader Alka Lamba said.
“The meeting lasted for four hours and was attended by 40 leaders who put forth their opinion. The talks focused on strengthening the Congress in Delhi,” she added.

The Congress move may not go down well with Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party that rules Delhi and is a part of the new opposition alliance INDIA. One of the key strategies of INDIA parties is to put up a joint fight in the states under the party which has the strongest presence.
Reacting to Congress decision, AAP leader and Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said “Our central leadership will decide this. Our political affairs committee and INDIA parties will sit together and discuss about poll alliance.”