Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav (left) being felicitated with a memento by a delegation of Assam Samajwadi Party during a meeting ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in Lucknow, Saturday, February 17. PTI
LS polls | Alliance with Congress will happen in UP: Akhilesh Yadav
On Monday, the SP had said it offered 17 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (February 21) said that an alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha elections will happen in Uttar Pradesh.
Yadav's statement comes days after his party said he would join Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra only if its seat-sharing proposal for the Lok Sabha polls is accepted. Yadav did not join the yatra in Raebareli on Tuesday.
"Yes, it (alliance) will happen in Uttar Pradesh. It will be announced soon," the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief told reporters in Moradabad when he was asked about a tie-up with the Congress in the state.
On Monday, the SP had said it offered 17 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress.
The SP and the Congress are partners in the INDIA bloc, formed by opposition parties to take on the BJP in the upcoming general elections.
The Yadav-led party had earlier offered 11 seats to the Congress.
