AAP-Congress Finalise Seat-Sharing For Haryana Polls, Say Sources

New Delhi: The AAP and Congress have finalised a seat-sharing for the Haryana Assembly polls, to be held on October 5, sources said on Sunday. According to reports, the Kejriwal's party has agreed to contest on five seats. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the alliance might be forged on Monday.

"Talks between Congress ' Deepak Babaria and AAP leader Raghav Chadha have been progressing in a positive direction. There are chances that the alliance might be finalised by tomorrow. AAP has agreed on contesting five seats in the state," said an AAP source.

Polling in Haryana to the 90-member assembly will take place on October 5. The last date to file nominations is September 12.

Talks in positive direction, says Raghav Chaddha

Earlier in the day, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said both Congress and his party are trying to forge an alliance for the Haryana elections by keeping aside their individual aspirations.

Chadha said while the parties are yet to reach a consensus on the alliance, the talks are progressing in a "positive" direction and they are hopeful of a good outcome. He, however, added that the AAP will not proceed with the alliance "if there is no win-win situation".

"The talks are happening in a positive atmosphere. Both parties are working towards contesting the elections together, prioritizing unity and the demands of the people of Haryana , while setting aside individual party and candidate aspirations," he said.

"Ball by ball commentary cannot be done on the seat-sharing arrangement. Both the parties have desire and hope to form an alliance," he added.

AAP wants 10 seats

According to sources, the AAP earlier wanted 10 seats but the Congress was only ready to give them only seven. However, Chadha refused to divulge any details about the seat-sharing arrangements discussed so far.

"We will take a decision well before (September) 12, the last day of nomination. If there is no win-win situation, we will leave it. The talks are going on, good discussions are happening, I hope a good conclusion will come out of it," he added.

AAP- Congress tango in elections 

Earlier, the Congress and AAP, partners in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), entered a seat-sharing agreement for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat .

In Haryana , AAP state president Sushil Gupta was the lone party candidate in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. He lost to BJP 's Naveen Jindal.

Gupta recently asserted that the AAP is ready to strongly contest on all the 90 assembly seats in Haryana on its own "with an alliance with the people of the state".

The Congress and AAP contested the Lok Sabha polls independently in Punjab .

With inputs from PTI