NCP strategizes for the elections in Gujarat

The alliance between NCP and the Congress party seems to be doldrums, at least in Gujarat. NCP Leader Praful Patel would be meeting the senior party leader of Congress, Ahmed Patel, to discuss issues on seat sharing in Gujarat, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Patel also mentioned that if there was no solution to the problem, NCP would be fielding independent candidates in the state, for all the 26 available seats. Here’s all you need to know about the seat sharing issue between NCP and Congress in Gujarat.

With less than a month left for the Lok Sabha elections, almost all political parties are ensuring that they have their list of candidates ready, who would be contesting elections from the respective state in India. Similarly, NCP Leader Praful Patel would be conducting a meeting with the senior Congress party member Ahmed Patel, to bring finality to the problem of the seat sharing issue in Gujarat. The central leadership of both the parties would try to ensure that the decision taken would be on a mutually beneficial one for both the parties. However, Praful Patel, who is out all guns blazing, will ensure that his party tastes success, in the upcoming elections. On the same lines, Patel said, “If no solution comes from the meeting, we will break the alliance here and field our candidates in all the 26 seats in the state.” Probably, this isn’t the first time that both the alliances are going through a phase of conflicting opinions. Prior to this, the NCP and the Congress party disagreed on the seat sharing in Goa too. Whilst the NCP party was rearing to field its candidates in North Goa and South Goa, the Vice President of the Congress Party Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress has been pressing for the North Goa seat for long now.

Tracing the problems of the seat sharing issue, Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel spoke to the media about them. Here’s what he had to say. “The rift was because Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia was not willing to let us field our candidate from Porbandar. We have decided to field Kandhal Jadeja, but Arjun Bhai was adamant on not fielding him. Even a layman knows how strong a candidate Kandhal Jadeja is, then why Congress leaders are playing this game?” Patel obviously looked miffed at the policies deployed by the alliance of the NCP party. Shaktisinh Gohil, who happens to be a senior leader and spokesperson of the Congress party, further said that the Congress was ready to give NCP three seats with one of them being in Porbandar. He also said that he had talk with Arjun Modhwadia on the same issue too. Talking about the alliance between NCP and Congress, Gohil said, “ We cannot declare right now whether the alliance will continue or not. There is nothing concrete right now.”

With already too much happening and a lot more waiting, NCP decisions of forming an alliance with Congress in Gujarat, could decide the fate of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Like always, Praful Patel’s contributions towards his party and also towards the Gujarat issue shall be of much importance. NCP Chief of Gujarat and an MLA Jayant Patel said, “Praful Patel and (Congress president's political secretary) Ahmed Patel will hold a meeting and take decision on whether the NCP-Congress alliance should continue.” Currently, both the parties at the moment would be looking to redress the problem of seat sharing in Gujarat, without any hassle. If the alliance needs to be intact, the NCP and the Congress party will have to work towards it. Vice President of congress Rahul Gandhi, who is also a PM aspirant in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, will be more focused on acquiring 279+ seats from the listed constituencies, to register a victory. With the passage of time, we hope things fall into place for the political parties and the nation forms a government, with a majority.

NCP Leader Praful Patel would be looking after the strategies of the NCP party; thereby playing a second fiddle to NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who would be vying for a Rajya Sabha seat instead. For more Praful Patel information, follow him on his social networking sites including Facebook, google+ and his YouTube channel.