Congress grapples with seat-sharing woes in INDIA alliance: Shashi Tharoor

Amid the Bihar political uncertainties and spilt threats in several states, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said that every party in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) can't have the have a "one-size-fits-all solution", adding that seat-sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is being discussed on a state-by-state basis.

Speaking at a programme organised for public suggestions for the grand old party's manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kolkata, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said the ultimate objective of the INDIA bloc should be to defeat the BJP at the Centre and resolve the seat-sharing issues as there was no single formula for seat sharing permutations in every state.

"This whole alliance and seat-sharing is being discussed on a state-by-state basis. No one is going to have a one-size-fits-all solution. In each state, the story is going to be different...I think we are all focused on the imperative need to change the Union government and that is the ultimate objective." Tharoor saying.

Reacting to Tharoor's statement, West Bengal BJP MP Dilip Ghosh said that Congress' situation will deteriorate further as no party is ready to compromise anywhere.

“Nobody is compromising anywhere. In Kerala, Congress and CPM are having a face-off. Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal, and Mamata Banerjee are not willing to go with Congress. Even Nitish Kumar did not agree with them... Whoever joins hands with Congress is bound to lose... Neither anyone wants to come with them, nor is anyone ready to share seats with them. Congress' situation will deteriorate further,” he said