SP-Congress Seat Sharing Friction in UP, Focus on Winnability Ahead of Polls

India Today

Friction has surfaced between the Samajwadi Party and Congress over seat sharing ahead of upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh. Congress has reportedly sought 150 seats, while Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is not keen on conceding that many, potentially offering between 50 to 55 seats. Both parties maintain that winnability remains the core criterion for seat allocation, prioritising victory over raw numbers. Discussion formulas include fielding candidates based on local winning strength or fielding Samajwadi Party candidates under the Congress symbol. Congress state leadership and Samajwadi Party leaders have confirmed that the alliance remains intact, though final seat numbers have not yet been decided.

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00:00Breaking news coming in. Now, not seats, but victory. This is Akhilesh's message to Congress. Amid SP Congress-UP seat

00:08fight, Akhilesh is setting the tone on seat sharing. We're already seeing conflicts on where they want to share the

00:14seats. Now, Akhilesh Yadav is giving a direct message to Congress, lobbying for seats. He's saying that he's reminding the

00:21party that it's not about victory, but it's about victory and not about seats.

00:26It is the blunt message to Rahul Gandhi that focus on the win and not on the seats. The Congress

00:31is seeking 150 seats in UP, but Akhilesh is not keen on giving that many seats. According to reports, Akhilesh

00:39Yadav may only give 50 to 55 seats to Congress. All of this is, of course, ahead of important polls

00:46that are going to happen in UP, where we're already seeing some conflict happening when it comes to the seat

00:51sharing formula.

00:51For more on that, we have Santosh Sharma joining us. Santosh, now we know that already, when we see seats

00:58sharing, there's no difference between the SP and Congress and the Congress.

01:04And now Akhilesh Yadav is saying that they will give 50 seats only when Congress is asking 1500 seats.

01:10And now Akhilesh Yadav will give 50 seats. Let's watch the Congress.

01:32It is possible that it will be a candidate of the party, but it will be a symbol of Congress.

01:39This is another formula.

01:41The party and Congress will only work on one agenda.

01:46There is no time.

01:48Maybe Congress's new administration, Aradna Mishra, will be cleaned up.

01:51The party has said that it will be cleaned up.

01:53The party has said that it will be cleaned up.

01:56The party has said that the party will be cleaned up.

02:03The winning power will be decided.

02:09And the numbers are not decided.

02:12But the result was taken over.

02:17There is no real number which has been decided.

02:20But so far, it seems that Akhle Shadar is not very keen on giving that many seats.

02:24So, we really have to wait and watch on what really would be the seat sharing formula ahead of the

02:28UP ports.

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