SP accepts fate,to fight seats of 2 sitting Cong MPs

With both the Congress and Samajwadi Party standing their ground,the alliance appears to be on a sticky wicket in Uttar Pradesh,gearing up for friendly contests in over a dozen constituencies out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats that the state has.

With both the Congress and Samajwadi Party standing their ground,the alliance appears to be on a sticky wicket in Uttar Pradesh,gearing up for friendly contests in over a dozen constituencies out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats that the state has.

“I don’t want to use any harsh words,but the alliance is broken. The obituary of the alliance was written the day Congress had announced its list of 24 candidates in Uttar Pradesh,” SP general secretary Amar Singh said on Friday.

“If our offer of 17 seats is rejected by the Congress,we accept our fate.”

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However,Singh hastened to add the SP would field candidates against two sitting Congress MPs and would not contest the remaining seats held by the Congress.

“If they (Congress) can put up candidates in our sitting seats,we can also do so. There are seats like Aligarh and Varanasi where Congress has sitting MPs. SP could field candidates in such seats,” he said.

The SP leader made it clear that all was not lost in terms of an alliance with the Congress. “Our principal opponent in Uttar Pradesh is BSP,and we are not going to contest against the Congress in the state. However,if we feel that in any of the constituencies,our candidate is weak in comparison to BSP and Congress has a stronger candidate,we will support the Congress in such constituencies,” he said.

“Congress may have reservations about supporting us,but we don’t have reservations about supporting Congress in the state,” he added.

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SP accepts fate,to fight seats of 2 sitting Cong MPs

With both the Congress and Samajwadi Party standing their ground,the alliance appears to be on a sticky wicket in Uttar Pradesh,gearing up for friendly contests in over a dozen constituencies out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats that the state has.

With both the Congress and Samajwadi Party standing their ground,the alliance appears to be on a sticky wicket in Uttar Pradesh,gearing up for friendly contests in over a dozen constituencies out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats that the state has.