Lucknow, Jan. 22 (PTI): The Congress and Samajwadi Party on Sunday forged an alliance to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together. At a joint press conference here, leaders of the two parties said SP will contest 298 of the 403 seats and Congress the remaining 105. ”SP and Congress have forged an alliance and will contest UP assembly polls together,” SP state president Naresh Uttam told the hurriedly convened media briefing. The chief of the Congress state unit, Raj Babbar, hoped the SP-Congress alliance will reap a bumper electoral harvest in the state and fulfil aspirations of all sections of the society. Thus, the ruling party needed at least 300 of the 403 seats.But, Congress leaders had informed the SP that in such a scenario, there cannot be an alliance.

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2017 14:19 UTC