LS polls: 'Ahmed Patel's legacy won't go in vain,' Mumtaz says after Cong announces to give late father's seat to AAP

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"Deeply apologize to our district cadre for not being able to secure the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in alliance..

Earlier today, Congress leader Mukul Wasnik announced during a joint press conference with AAP that in Gujarat's 26 Lok Sabha seats, the grand old party will contest on 24 and AAP will field its candidates on two seats - Bharuch and Bhavnagar...

On Friday, Mumtaz Patel's brother Faisal had also declared that he would win the Bharuch seat after reports emerged that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi had said that he was not in favour of the party giving AAP the seat but left the decision to the party leadership...

He had earlier said that neither he nor the Congress cadre in Bharuch would support the decision to let the AAP contest the seat...

Along with Gujarat, AAP and Congress also finalised the seat-sharing deal in Delhi, Haryana, Goa, and Chandigarh..

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