- Samajwadi Party and Congress sealed their alliance on Sunday
- Congress leaders revealed Priyanka Gandhi was at the fore of the negotiations with Akhilesh
- Expelled SP leader Amar Singh alleged Ram Gopal Yadav was issuing him death threats
- Senior SP leader Naresh Agrawal rubbished reports of joining BJP
Samajwadi Party released the third list of candidates who will be contesting in the upcoming state assembly elections. Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Mubarakpur and Aparna Yadav to contest from Lucknow Cantt for the party.
Akhilesh and Rahul Get into Action After UP-Cong Alliance
SP and Congress have formed an alliance for the upcoming UP State Assembly Elections. The Congress party is contesting from 105 seats while the SP has reserved 298 seats for themselves. After playing a tug of war over seat shares, the SP and the Congress are finally down to strategising for the coming elections. Rahul and Akhilesh are preparing several rallies together.
According to sources, they will be rallying together in every phase, and are planning a total of 14 rallies throughout the state.
Akhilesh Yadav will be campaigning with fresh gust one from 24 January. He will campaign on behalf of the SP on Tuesday from the Sultanpur area of UP. The alliance was confirmed formally on Sunday, and they will be announcing the candidates who are contesting from each of these 403 seats. Smaller parties were made a part of this alliance.