Maha: Congmen sulk over seat swap with NCP

March 23, 2014 12:08

The swapping of the Raigad Lok Sabha seat with the NCP has not gone down well with the Congress' cadre in the district, which says the decision will have serious repercussions on the party's prospects in the Konkan region.

"Raigad has traditionally been a Congress seat and the barometer of a party's strength is not win or loss, but the percentage of vote share which is substantial," party leaders, who did not wish to be named, said.

"If the criteria to give away the seat was that we could not win it for the last three elections, then there are many others as well. Should we give away all these seats to our ally?" they asked.

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