Amidst the ongoing political turmoil in Bihar, SP supremo akhilesh yadav has announced to give 11 seats to congress in Uttar Pradesh. However, congress is not satisfied with this announcement of Akhilesh and has said that the talks have not been finalized yet.
congress General Secretary jairam ramesh said that ashok gehlot is talking to SP chief akhilesh yadav regarding seat sharing in UP. When everything is finalized, we will inform the public about it. According to sources, congress wants to contest elections on at least 20 percent i.e. 16 seats in UP, hence the party is currently trying to convince Akhilesh. There are a total of 80 lok sabha seats in UP and the picture of two parties within the india alliance has become clear. SP had earlier announced to give 7 seats to Jayant Chaudhary's party RLD.
Which seats have SP given to Congress?
According to sources, akhilesh yadav has decided to give 11 seats to congress only after seeing the winning candidate. Under the agreement, SP has said to give Rae bareli, Amethi, Varanasi, Kheri, Kushinagar, kanpur, Barabanki, Fatehpur Sikri, saharanpur and Sitapur seats to Congress.
In 2019, congress was able to win only Rae bareli seat. The party stood second in Amethi, kanpur and Fatehpur Sikri seats. Senior congress leader rahul gandhi was in the fray from Amethi seat. In 2014, congress had won Rae bareli and Amethi seats and the party stood second in seats like Kushinagar, saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Kanpur. However, Congress's attempt was to distribute seats on the basis of 2009 results. In 2009, the party had won 21 seats.
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