Unease in Samajwadi Party - Congress Aliiance Talks as Akhilesh Releases First List of Candidates

Creating an uncertainty over an alliance with Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday declared a list of 191 candidates for the first three phases of elections. Interestingly, the list include SP candidates on eight seats where Congress has sitting MLAs. SP said that it was awaiting a positive response from the Congress regarding an alliance.

The seats of Congress’s sitting MLAs where SP has fielded a candidate include—Mathura, Bilaspur, Kidvai Nagar, Khurja, Syana, Kapur, Swar and Shamli.

Congress Legislative Party leader in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Pradeep Mathur is an MLA from Mathura and SP has fielded Ashok Agrawal there. Congress national secretary Sanjay Kapur is an MLA from Bilaspur and SP has fielded Beena Bhardwaj from that constituency.

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