Ramdas Athawale says RPI will contest alone if BJP refuses to ally
- Country:
- India
The Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas Athawale is keen to put up one to two candidates in the coming Lok Sabha polls in Kerala and an equal number of candidates in Assam and Maharashtra in alliance with the BJP. Athawale, who was here to attend the conference of his party workers, said: “If the BJP fails to concede to our demand of one to two seats in Kerala, then the RPI will contest at least three to four seats in the state on its own.”
“I will also talk to BJP national president Amit Shah and would ask for one or two Lok Sabha seats in Assam and Maharashtra my party candidates,” he told media persons here. “I have talked to Kerala’s BJP unit president Sreedharan Pillai. There are 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala. If the BJP doesn’t leave a few seats for us, then we will contest on 3-4 seats on our own,” he said.
“But on the remaining 14-15 seats, we will support the BJP in Kerala,” he said. RPI is an ally of the BJP led NDA from Maharashtra. A Rajya Sabha MP, Athawale is Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment.
(With inputs from agencies.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Kerala Police
- Chief Minister of Kerala
- Kerala State Lotteries
- Primary election
- Cory Booker
- 2015 Chicago mayoral election
- Maharashtra State Election Commission
- Lok Sabha
- Assam Rifles
- Amit Shah
- State park
- State Farm
- State of emergency
- Unit of alcohol
- Unit of measurement
- Unit square
- Ramdas Athawale
- Republican Party of India
- Kerala
- candidates
ALSO READ
Manipur: Assam Rifles recover Rs 13 lakh cash, arms and ammunition; one held
Assam tea garden scam leaves workers facing uncertain future, with BJP leaders' relatives implicated: Gaurav Gogoi
Nomination process underway for 4 Lok Sabha seats in Assam in third phase
Prime Minister Modi to pay two-day visit to Assam
Congress' poll campaign in Assam's Sonitpur turns into music, dance ahead of Rongali Bihu celebration