LUCKNOW: The Samajwadi Party will contest five of the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat and support the Congress in the rest, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said on Monday.He said the party did not want a split in the anti-BJP votes and hence would contest only the seats where it has got strong organisational base. "In Gujarat, we will be contesting five seats where our organisation is strong. In the rest of the seats, the party will support Congress," he told reporters here.The Congress and the Samajwadi Party had struck an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the assembly elections earlier this year. I want the pictures of the air show to be publicised so that our workers can tell who constructed this (expressway). "The Election Commission has said that Gujarat will go to polls before December 18.

Source: Times of India October 23, 2017 08:37 UTC