NEW DELHI: Congress has conveyed to Rashtriya Janata Dal that it should finish negotiations on the allocation of seats in the coming days and respect the choice of congressional constituencies, and high-ranking members say the lack of attention may even result in a breakout before Bihar elections.
While the Congress-RJD alliance has always seemed steadfast and Congress is even ready to cast Tejashwi Yadav as the main ministerial face, sources said the party wants a change in the terms of negotiations that have been established for decades between the two partners. .
Congress is known to have submitted a list of 75 constituencies to the RJD in the hope that it be considered their account. While numbers are a problem, it is the specific seats demanded by Congress that are prolonging the negotiations.
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Some of the seats demanded by Congress are those with a strong RJD base and have a high gangability ratio. Yadav’s team seems reluctant to part with those seats. Congress feels that if it cannot benefit from RJD’s base of support, then the alliance is not sincere.
“The dragging of the negotiations to the last minute, which forces Congress to accept less than acceptable terms, has been going on for a long time. This time we are serious that this style has to change and RJD must adapt to our demands, “said a senior congressional official, adding that” if our demand is not accepted, we can go our way and forge a separate alliance. ”
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Sources said late September is the deadline set by Congress to close negotiations with RJD.
Top congressional officials said the party is keeping all its options open with a plan B. “We have started talks with NCP, Yashwant Sinha, VIP and RLSP. We have to be prepared with an alternative, ”said a senior AICC member. Congress believes that if it breaks with RJD, VIP and RLSP of Upendra Kushwaha they will not leave the alliance either, as Kushwaha’s objection is to the projection of Tejashwi Yadav.
What is interesting is that while Congress and RJD are trying to finalize the deal, the two partners have yet to make a joint public statement to blow the bugle for the elections in which they would face the combined ruling JD (U) -BJP.
While the Congress-RJD alliance has always seemed steadfast and Congress is even ready to cast Tejashwi Yadav as the main ministerial face, sources said the party wants a change in the terms of negotiations that have been established for decades between the two partners. .
Congress is known to have submitted a list of 75 constituencies to the RJD in the hope that it be considered their account. While numbers are a problem, it is the specific seats demanded by Congress that are prolonging the negotiations.
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Some of the seats demanded by Congress are those with a strong RJD base and have a high gangability ratio. Yadav’s team seems reluctant to part with those seats. Congress feels that if it cannot benefit from RJD’s base of support, then the alliance is not sincere.
“The dragging of the negotiations to the last minute, which forces Congress to accept less than acceptable terms, has been going on for a long time. This time we are serious that this style has to change and RJD must adapt to our demands, “said a senior congressional official, adding that” if our demand is not accepted, we can go our way and forge a separate alliance. ”
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Sources said late September is the deadline set by Congress to close negotiations with RJD.
Top congressional officials said the party is keeping all its options open with a plan B. “We have started talks with NCP, Yashwant Sinha, VIP and RLSP. We have to be prepared with an alternative, ”said a senior AICC member. Congress believes that if it breaks with RJD, VIP and RLSP of Upendra Kushwaha they will not leave the alliance either, as Kushwaha’s objection is to the projection of Tejashwi Yadav.
What is interesting is that while Congress and RJD are trying to finalize the deal, the two partners have yet to make a joint public statement to blow the bugle for the elections in which they would face the combined ruling JD (U) -BJP.
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