BJP seals seat sharing deal with Apna Dal; Anupriya to contest from Mirzapur
Photo Tweeted By BJP President Amit Shah
Photo Tweeted By BJP President Amit Shah
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday finally sealed the seat sharing arrangements for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls with sulking ally Apna Dal in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the arrangements, Apna Dal will contest two seats in while its chief Anupriya Patel will contest from Mirzapur.
The second seat to be decided later. A decision in this regard was taken after Patel and her husband Ashish met BJP chief Amit Shah. “With the resolve of the Modi government once again (Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar), the BJP and the Apna Dal will fight the Lok Sabha elections in UP together,” Shah tweeted.
“फिर एक बार-मोदी सरकार” के संकल्प के साथ ‘भाजपा-अपना दल’ गठबंधन उत्तरप्रदेश में लोकसभा चुनाव साथ-साथ लडेगा।
अपना दल प्रदेश की दो सीटों पर चुनाव लडेगा, जिसमे श्रीमती @AnupriyaSPatel जी मिर्जापुर से चुनाव लड़ेंगी और दूसरी सीट पर दोनों दलों के नेता बैठकर चर्चा करेंगे। pic.twitter.com/kBbuAyBs7m
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) March 15, 2019
Anupriya Patel had said on March 13 that the talks between the BJP and the Apna Dal have been positive and a decision on an alliance between the two will be announced soon.
BJP’s two allies in Uttar Pradesh — Apna Dal and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party — have been airing their grievances with their bigger partner but saffron party leaders had expressed confidence that they will remain in the NDA fold.
Apna Dal, which has significant influence in the OBC in some areas of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, has two MPs and 7 MLAs in Uttar Pradesh.
IANS
