Cong likely to announce 3rd list after Rahul’s ‘show’

The third list includes seats from districts like Lucknow,Pratapgarh,Kanpur,Varanasi,Kaushambi and Fatehpur. The left out seats from western UP too were supposed to be announced following the pre-poll pact with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

Sources further added that even the pre-poll pact between the Congress and the RLD may also be formally announced only after November 14. They,however,added that there were no hiccups regarding the alliance. The RLD was reportedly interested in getting one more person accommodated at the Centre as a minister of state,besides its chief Ajit Singh getting a Cabinet berth. However,the party has been convinced to stay put with the current offer of Singh’s ministership and around 50 seats in the state Assembly polls,sources said.

The seriousness with which the Phulpur event is being taken can be gauged from the fact that the state Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi held a meeting at her residence just a day after Diwali,that is normally a holiday all across,amid presence of top state leaders on Thursday. Accompanied by other leaders and supporters,she also visited the site in Phulpur where the function will be held. While she left for Lucknow after that,sources maintained that she would return and may even camp for more than a week to oversee the preparations for the Phulpur function.