Seat Sharing  

JD(S) has finally settled for 10 seats when it had earlier asked for 12. Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda discussed seat-sharing in Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha. 

Earlier, the Congress and the AAP were on the verge of finalising a seat-sharing agreement for Delhi. Sources also confirmed that both the parties were close to an agreement for fighting three seats each, while one was kept to be decided later.

The coordination committee comprising of bigwigs from the JD(S) and Congress met to finalise the seat-sharing formula in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls 2019. But the parties have failed to arrive at a consensus, with neither the JD(S) nor the Congress happy with the seats being offered

Looks like there is storm brewing in the tea cup between Congress and JD(S) over the allotment of seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. While the JD(S) has demanded 12 seats, Congress’ Siddaramaiah has put his foot down saying the only criteria for seat sharing will be “winnability”.

As the 2019 Lok Sabha polls draw nearer, the politics of seat sharing has resurfaced. Indignant at the Congress’ move to offer JD(S) fewer and fewer seats, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy says his party is no beggar. But the Congress feels it is no issue at all, prefers to iron out flaws sitting across the table.

The JD(S) has already expressed its desire to contest in 12 seats, on which the Congress party has some reservations. The Congress has said seat sharing will be on 'candidate-merit' basis.