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Congress stakes claim to 22 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar
Patna, Feb 25: The pradesh Congress has staked claim for 22 out of 40 seats in Bihar for contesting in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections as against 16 in the last elections.
Patna, Feb 25: The pradesh Congress has staked claim for 22 out of 40 seats in Bihar for contesting in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections as against 16 in the last elections.
The BPCC had already informed senior party leaders in New Delhi of its intention to contest 22 seats, BPCC spokesman HK Verma told reporters here on Wednesday.
The BPCC president Ram Jatan Sinha during his recent visit to New Delhi had told the senior party leaders including Pranab Mukherjee, Natwar Singh and Arjun Singh that Congress should contest at least 22 seats in Bihar, he said.
In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections the Congress had contested 16 out of 54 seats and won only four seats of undivided Bihar after the party had entered into electoral alliance with the RJD on 14 seats. The two parties had friendly contest on two seats.
After the division of the state in November 2000, two out of four seats it won went to the Jharkhand. Bureau Report
The BPCC president Ram Jatan Sinha during his recent visit to New Delhi had told the senior party leaders including Pranab Mukherjee, Natwar Singh and Arjun Singh that Congress should contest at least 22 seats in Bihar, he said.
In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections the Congress had contested 16 out of 54 seats and won only four seats of undivided Bihar after the party had entered into electoral alliance with the RJD on 14 seats. The two parties had friendly contest on two seats.
After the division of the state in November 2000, two out of four seats it won went to the Jharkhand. Bureau Report