Congress will get 48, Left 68 as they hammer out settlement on 116 seats

The Congress and Left Front on Thursday finalised a seat-sharing settlement for an additional 116 seats forward of the upcoming Assembly elections.
The events have thus far reached consensus on 193 of the entire 294 seats, of which the Left Front will contest 101 seats and the Congress 92. The 193 seats embody 77 seats the Congress and the Left had received within the final Assembly polls.
The resolution on the remaining 101 seats could be taken later, mentioned state Congress president Adhir Chowdhury after a joint assembly on the state occasion headquarters. “In the second round of seat-sharing talks for the 116 seats for the upcoming West Bengal elections, it has been decided that the Congress will contest 48 seats while the Left will contest 68 seats. The arrangement has been finalised for 193 seats so far,” mentioned Chowdhury.

“The Congress and the Left will put up a strong fight against the Trinamool Congress and BJP which are indulging in narrow politics in the state,” he mentioned. Both events will maintain a joint rally on February 28. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, occasion MP Rahul Gandhi, CPM normal secretary Sitaram Yechury and different senior leaders will take part within the rally.

Earlier in a joint assembly on Monday, the Congress had agreed to contest 44 seats and the Left 33 seats that they had received within the final Assembly polls.