After reaching to a seat-sharing formula with the ruling Samajwadi Party, the Congress envoy to the 'peace talks' was seen countering some other problems. Till date, Akhilesh has declared 286 candidates and according to the formula, the Congress will contest 105 seats and the SP will be contesting on the remaining 298. With 286 candidates declared by the SP, 12 seats are still to be declared by the SP. Finally, Akhilesh agreed to give five more seats to the Congress giving a respectable 105 assembly seats to contest. With inputs from agenciesAlso read | Uttar Pradesh election: Congress releases list of 41 candidates for first, second phase

Source: India Today January 23, 2017 01:11 UTC