New Delhi: Samajwadi Party and Indian National Congress in a joint press convention on Wednesday declared an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Speaking on the convention, Congress Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pande mentioned, “I am happy to inform you that it has been agreed that in Uttar Pradesh the INC will contest on 17 seats and the remaining 63 seats will have candidates of INDIA Alliance – from SP and other parties.”
#WATCH | Congress Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pande says, “I am delighted to tell you that it has been decided that in Uttar Pradesh the INC will contest on 17 seats and the remaining 63 seats will have candidates of INDIA Alliance – from SP and other parties.” pic.twitter.com/mRBa3ErTqQ
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2024
The sources mentioned earlier the Congress was getting a “bad deal” with seats the place the possibilities of profitable have been low and the celebration was in search of various seats. As per an settlement reached after the telephone name between Priyanka Gandhi and Yadav, the Congress has now obtained seats resembling Sitapur and Barabanki.
Apart from these seats, the Congress can also be prone to get Kanpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Amroha, Fatehpur Sikri and Jhansi amongst others. The Congress is now getting a “good deal” within the alliance, a supply mentioned. In the Moradabad division, the Congress was asking for 2 seats however has settled for Amroha solely, the sources mentioned.
समाजवादी पार्टी एवं भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस की संयुक्त प्रेस वार्ता। https://t.co/HWqKssPDyl
— Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) February 21, 2024
Yadav on Wednesday mentioned an alliance with the Congress will occur in Uttar Pradesh. His celebration had earlier mentioned he would be a part of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra provided that its seat-sharing provide for the polls is accepted. Yadav didn’t be a part of the yatra in Raebareli on Tuesday.
There is a powerful hypothesis that Yadav might be a part of the yatra in Agra after the seat sharing deal is introduced. On Monday, the SP had mentioned it supplied 17 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress.
The SP and the Congress are companions within the INDIA bloc, shaped by opposition events to tackle the BJP within the upcoming common elections.
