Akhilesh Yadav has stated SP will be a part of Rahul Gandhi’s yatra after seat-sharing is ultimate

New Delhi:

In indicators of contemporary hassle for the INDIA Opposition bloc in Uttar Pradesh, seat-sharing talks between the Samajwadi Party and Congress have hit a roadblock. The Akhilesh Yadav-led get together, sources stated, has made a ultimate provide of 17 seats, however the Congress is but to just accept it. Mr Yadav has up to now stayed away from the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which is shifting by means of Uttar Pradesh, and stated his get together will be a part of the yatra as soon as the seat-sharing association for Lok Sabha polls is finalised.

The Congress has been attempting to drive a tough discount within the politically vital state. The Samajwadi Party had first provided 11 seats to the Grand Old Party. But with the Jayant Chaudhary-led Rastriya Lok Dal switching to the NDA camp, the Samajwadi Party agreed to offer 15 seats to the Congress. The latter bargained for extra and Samajwadi Party provided Saharanpur and Amroha seats too, reportedly on the request of Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Then, sources stated, Congress requested for Moradabad or Bijnor seat. The Samajwadi Party put its foot down on a ultimate 17-seats provide, and the talks stalled.

“We have had several rounds of discussions, exchanged many lists. When the seat-sharing is done, Samajwadi Party will participate in their Nyay yatra,” Mr Yadav stated yesterday. The Samajwadi Party chief, sources stated, is ready for a reply from the Congress management. Mr Yadav desires the Congress to answer earlier than the primary leg of Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra ends. If Congress doesn’t seal the deal within the subsequent three days, the alliance is prone to crumble, the sources stated.

Amid the tussle between the allies, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Fakhrul Hassan Chand posted on X that the Congress will likely be accountable if the alliance will get derailed.

In the publish addressed to Mr Gandhi, he wrote, “Rahul Gandhi ji, our leader Akhilesh Yadav is large-hearted, but your petty and vain functionaries do not want an alliance between Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh. If the alliance falls apart, the Congress will be responsible.”

“The Congress should remember that its vote-share is lower than that of many small parties. Samajwadi Party is strong enough to remove the anti-people government on its own,” he added.

Earlier, Mr Yadav had introduced candidates for 16 out of 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh, underlining that it doesn’t want Congress’s clearance to call its candidates.

The Samajwadi Party received 5 seats in Uttar Pradesh within the 2019 polls. The Congress received one. 

Many INDIA Setbacks 

The deadlock in Uttar Pradesh comes after the Congress’s push for extra seats derailed alliance talks in West Bengal. In Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has stated that her get together will go solo within the Lok Sabha polls. The announcement got here after the state Congress management insisted on no less than 10 seats, whereas the Trinamool was providing two. In harm management mode, Congress leaders have stated Ms Banerjee is an integral a part of INDIA bloc, however no formal seat-sharing association has been introduced up to now.

In Punjab, AAP and Congress have determined to contest individually. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has stated the choice was mutual and that there is no such thing as a hostility between the events.

Akhilesh Yadav is among the many Opposition leaders who’ve pushed for better function for regional events of their strongholds. “In many states, the Congress doesn’t exist in comparison to the BJP, but regional parties are fighting tooth and nail against the saffron camp on the ground, and I am hopeful that they will succeed,” he had stated final yr.

The Congress has been accused of pushing for extra seats in states dominated by regional forces, however not returning the favour relating to its strongholds. The Nitish Kumar-led JDU had additionally focused the Congress after it switched to the NDA camp.  

In reality, Samajwadi Party had determined to go solo within the just lately held Madhya Pradesh elections after former Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s “Akhilesh Vakhilesh” comment. Mr Yadav had then hit out on the Congress. “If the Congress continues to behave like this, then who will trust them? If we fight with confusion in mind against the BJP, then we won’t succeed,” he had stated.