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00:04 With the recent political development in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, it looks like India Alliance
00:10 is having a tough fight over seat-sharing.
00:13 India Alliance member, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday expressed his unhappiness
00:19 over the Congress party for not allocating any seat to his party despite talks on seat-sharing
00:25 in Madhya Pradesh.
00:27 He has also suggested that Congress could get the same treatment from his party in Uttar
00:33 Pradesh.
00:34 Akhilesh Yadav said that his party wouldn't have answered calls from Congress for the
00:39 meeting in Madhya Pradesh had he known that India Alliance was confined to national level
00:44 only.
00:45 He further expressed that he must have got confused.
00:48 Uttar Pradesh Congress committee president hits back at Samajwadi Party by saying that
00:53 Akhilesh Yadav cannot blame Congress as SP had released its list of candidates before
00:58 his party which was benefiting the BJP.
01:02 However, the Samajwadi Party president reiterated that India Alliance should have clarified
01:07 that there would be no tie-up in the state elections.
01:11 He further talked about the PDA alliance which was formed much before the India Alliance.
01:16 He said that there is a India Alliance but our strategy is PDA and PDA will defeat NDA.
01:23 When the Samajwadi Party chief was asked about the seat-sharing in Madhya Pradesh by former
01:28 CM of MP, he shared details of the performance of Samajwadi Party in Madhya Pradesh in which
01:35 many Samajwadi Party candidates were elected.
01:38 The seat-sharing between Congress and SP which was decided among themselves during a meeting
01:43 where Samajwadi Party was assured of getting 6 seats.
01:48 But Samajwadi Party chief has claimed that Congress declared candidates on all seats
01:53 so in compulsion Samajwadi Party too had to declare candidates from where they were strong.
01:59 Akhilesh Yadav said, "I believe that if you were not ready to give any seat you should
02:04 have not talked to us.
02:06 But they didn't give any information to us.
02:09 So SP is fighting where we have our presence."
02:12 Further, he stated to the media that, "I am not giving any advice or suggestion to
02:18 the Congress Party but there is a big challenge before the nation.
02:23 The BJP is a big party.
02:25 It is a very organized side.
02:28 So there should be no confusion regarding this in any party.
02:32 If you fight with confusion, you will not win any election."
02:36 Akhilesh angered to what Congress doesn't end here.
02:40 He also took on Congress Party over its recent support for the caste based census and said
02:45 that "It is the same Congress Party that did not give the numbers of caste census earlier.
02:52 Now everyone knows that until and unless you don't have the support of the backward caste
02:57 and tribes, you won't succeed.
02:59 Now after all this chaos, it looks like Congress and Samajwadi Party are having tough times
03:06 with each other."
03:07 How this would impact the India alliance in the 2024 elections is unpredictable.
03:13 But will the Samajwadi Party challenge Congress on Amity and Raiparelli seat?
03:18 Samajwadi Party has traditionally not put up candidates in these bastions of Congress,
03:24 helping it win the seats.
03:26 But now after all this, will Samajwadi Party fight from these seats is the big question.
03:31 That's all for this news report.
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