AGP-BJP meet to finalise seat-sharing

Spl Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Jan 28 – A crucial round of dialogue between Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and BJP is slated to get under-way later this evening to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. A delegation of the AGP led by its president, Chandra Mohan Patowary and comprising, Biren Baishya, Dr Arun Kumar Sarma, Sarbananda Sonowal, Kumar Deepak Das, Phani Bhusan Choudhury and Padma Hazarika arrived in the capital to participate in the discussion scheduled to take place at BJP national president, Rajnath Singh’s house at 9 pm.

The BJP president is expected to be joined by M Venkhaiah Naidu, Sushma Swaraj, State in-charge Harendra Prasad, among others.

AGP sources said that the discussion today is going to focus mainly on finalising the fate of Guwahati seat. Both the parties are locked in a bitter squabble over the prestigious seat. While BJP has staked claim for the seat on basis of its past performance, the regional party has argued that it has maximum number of local MLAs.

The regional party added another twist by conveying that it was open to re-negotiate, if the saffron party rules out Bijoya Chakravorty’s candidature from the seat.

Party insider confirmed that it is going to field candidates in Tezpur, Barpeta, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur seats, while the fate of Guwahati seat would be finalised later this evening.

BJP, on the other hand, is fielding candidates in Nagaon, Mangaldai, Silchar, Karimganj, Dhubri and Jorhat seats, while it plans to give Kokrajhar and Diphu seats to its allies. source: assam tribune