Congress will contest all the 10 Assembly seats of Amethi and Rae Bareli, the Lok Sabha constituencies represented by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, respectively, in Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday. “According to the party high command, Congress will contest all the 10 seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli,” said Congress leader Sanjay Singh, who heads the campaign committee of the party. Singh claimed that Samajwadi Party had assured Congress that it (Congress) will contest on all the 10 seats in these Lok Sabha constituencies of the Congress vice president and the party president, respectively. “Congress will contest on all the seats and the party is firm on this resolve,” he stressed. As per its alliance pact with SP, Congress will contest 105 out of 403 seats of the UP Assembly.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2017 18:05 UTC