A final consensus has not been reached regarding seat sharing in the opposition alliance INDIA.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has warned about the ongoing delay.
He has said that if there is no consensus on seat sharing soon, then there is a threat to the ‘INDIA’ alliance and some members may try to form a separate group.
The former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir made this comment in a discussion with former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on his YouTube channel.
Asked about the lack of clarity on the seat-sharing arrangement in the ‘INDIA’ alliance, Abdullah said, ‘If we have to save the country, we have to forget the differences and think about the country.’
He said, ‘If the seat-sharing arrangement is not finalised, there is a danger to the alliance. This should be done in a time bound manner.
It is possible that some parties may come together to form separate alliances, which seems to me to be the biggest danger. there’s still time.’
Abdullah said parties should demand seats only where they have dominance and it was wrong to demand seats where they are not dominant. He said that ‘democracy is not only in danger, the coming generation will also not forgive us.’
“That challenge is before us,” he said. If we don’t leave aside our egos and think together about how to save this country, I think it will be the biggest mistake on our part.
Abdullah said that the alliance members recently met in a hotel in Delhi where it was agreed that there was not much time left to agree on the seats.
Abdullah said that last time Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not ready to share seats with the Left parties, but this time in the meeting she offered that the Left parties can contest from where With this they can win.
Abdullah said that people are increasing differences by issuing statements against her (Mamata).