- The NCP will contest three seats – Umreth (Anand district), Naroda (Ahmedabad) and Devgadh Baria (Dahod district) – as part of the alliance
- In the 2017 Assembly elections, the two parties had contested the Gujarat elections separately
- The grand old party would return to power in the state by winning 125 seats: Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 11
Boosting the opposition unity, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) entered into a pre-poll alliance for next month’s Gujarat Assembly elections. As part of the alliance, Sharad Pawar-led NCP will contest in three out of the 182 seats in the state, the leaders of the two parties announced in Ahmedabad on Friday.
વિધાસભાના કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષના તમામ ઉમેદવારોને ખૂબ ખૂબ અભિનંદન. આપ સૌ ઉમેદવારો જંગી બહુમતીથી વિજયી મેળવો તેવી શુભેચ્છાઓ.#કોંગ્રેસ_આવે_છે pic.twitter.com/EBH2dyGcRR
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 10, 2022
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the two parties had contested the Gujarat elections separately. NCP’s Kandhal Jadeja was the only MLA to win from the party. He represents the Kutiyana Assembly seat in Porbandar district.
વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણી માટે કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષની ત્રીજી યાદીમાં સ્થાન પામેલા તમામ ઉમેદવારોને ખૂબ ખૂબ અભિનંદન શુભેચ્છાઓ.
પરીવર્તન આવશે, કોંગ્રેસ જીતશે#કોંગ્રેસ_આવે_છે pic.twitter.com/dOReR9Z0lS— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 11, 2022
Making an announcement about the alliance, Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor said: “NCP will fight the upcoming Assembly polls in the state in alliance with the Congress. The NCP will contest three seats – Umreth (Anand district), Naroda (Ahmedabad) and Devgadh Baria (Dahod district) – as part of the alliance.”
શ્રી જગદીશ ઠાકોર,શ્રી આલોક શર્માજી અમદાવાદ ખાતે ખુબજ મહત્વના વિષય પર પત્રકાર પરિષદ https://t.co/DD9b4XWisF
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 11, 2022
These three seats are currently held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“The Congress has decided to forge an alliance with those parties that were with us in UPA [United Progressive Alliance]-1 and 2 at the national level,” Thakor said, while expressing confidence that the grand old party would return to power in the state by winning 125 seats.
ગુજરાતની ચૂંટણીમાં કોંગ્રેસ-NCP વચ્ચે ગઠબંધન
આગામી ચૂંટણીમાં NCP 3 બેઠકો પર લડશે#Congress #GujaratElection2022 #GujaratElections2022 #GujaratAssemblyPolls #NCP @INCGujarat @INCIndia @jagdishthakormp @JayantBoskey pic.twitter.com/zUb8jPJuyx
— News18Gujarati (@News18Guj) November 11, 2022
He said that people sharing the same ideology and working to save the Constitution as well as the country’s unity are coming together against fascist forces and this alliance is a part of the same.
Talking to reporters, NCP’s state unit president Jayant Patel Boskey said the NCP will support Congress in fighting the Gujarat Assembly election.
“We will make sure that we contest these three seats with honesty. I am thankful for the trust reposed in us by Congress. We will not do anything that will harm the image of the NCP,” he said.
Thakor said there is a possibility that NCP workers will demand more seats, but according to the alliance, the party will contest only three seats.
