NEW DELHI: Opposition’s INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc achieved their second breakthrough on Saturday when Congress and Aam Aadmi Party introduced seat-sharing deal for Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana for upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The incontrovertible fact that Punjab was saved out of tie-up talks makes this alliance fascinating even because it provides fodder to the BJP to step up its assault calling INDIA bloc an opportunist alliance.
Of all of the states, essentially the most advanced and fascinating case is of Delhi, which has 7 Lok Sabha seats. Interestingly, neither AAP nor Congress has managed to win even one of many 7 Delhi seats within the final two Lok Sabha elections. This even supposing AAP has registered complete sweeping victories over BJP in two consecutive meeting elections.

So, ought to the BJP be fearful about this tie-up? Well, probably not if the info of 2019 Lok Sabha elections are a sign to go by.

The BJP obtained greater than 50% of the votes polled on all of the seven Lok Sabha seats of Delhi in 2019. which suggests even when the Congress and AAP had contested collectively in 2019 they’d not have managed to defeat the BJP within the nationwide capital.
The vote share additionally throws mild on an fascinating truth. The AAP could have managed to play the large brother within the nationwide capital by protecting 4 Lok Sabha seats for the occasion, in 2019 elections the vote share of Arvind Kejriwal’s occasion was lower than that of the Congress in 5 out of the 7 seats. Clearly, in terms of nationwide elections, the Congress has a greater exhibiting than AAP.
In truth, AAP’s vote share in Delhi got here right down to 18.11% in 2019 from 32.92% in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress, alternatively, registered a marginal enhance in its vote share from 15.15% in 2014 to 22.51% in 2019.
The dynamics of an alliance can typically give an additional momentum on floor, however for that to occur the spirit of tieup has to percolate right down to the leaders and cadres. Given the not so cordial relationship between the native leaders of the 2 events, will probably be fascinating to see if that occurs.