New Delhi: The India Alliance, which is gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, has acquired excellent news from Uttar Pradesh. Actually, the Congress and the SP have agreed to battle collectively in UP. The seat-sharing talks between Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and the Congress have been finalized. Akhilesh Yadav himself has mentioned that the Samajwadi Party has given 11 seats to the Congress. The SP and the Congress will battle collectively in UP and provides a tricky battle to the BJP within the 2024 basic elections.
Akhilesh Yadav posted on ‘X’ and mentioned, ‘Our cordial alliance with Congress is off to a good start with 11 strong seats. This trend will move forward with the winning equation. The ‘India’ staff and the ‘PDA’ technique will change historical past.’
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कांग्रेस के साथ 11 मज़बूत सीटों से हमारे सौहार्दपूर्ण गठबंधन की अच्छी शुरुआत हो रही है… ये सिलसिला जीत के समीकरण के साथ और भी आगे बढ़ेगा।
‘इंडिया’ की टीम और ‘पीडीए’ की रणनीति इतिहास बदल देगी।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) January 27, 2024
SP-Congress Finally Agree On Seat-Sharing
Earlier there was rigidity between the SP and the Congress over seat-sharing. But after a number of rounds of conferences, the seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the SP have been settled. Earlier, there have been studies that the Congress was demanding numerous seats from the SP. But Akhilesh was not prepared for that. Akhilesh was additionally irritated by the truth that the Congress was in contact with Mayawati backstage. But lastly, the seat-sharing between the SP and the Congress has been completed.
PDA Will Be The Focus In UP
Akhilesh additionally mentioned that the ‘India’ alliance and the ‘PDA’ technique will change historical past. ‘India’ is the acronym for the 28-member opposition bloc that features the SP, the Congress, the TMC, the DMK and the AAP. ‘PDA’ stands for ‘People’s Development Agenda’, which is the widespread minimal programme of the alliance.
The SP and the Congress have been in talks for an alliance in Uttar Pradesh, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats. The SP has already finalised a seat-sharing settlement with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is able to get seven seats. The talks with the Congress are nonetheless in progress.
The alliance is seen as a serious menace to the BJP, which had received 71 seats in UP within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The SP had received 5 seats, the Congress two and the RLD none.
