Gujarat Assembly election: Samajwadi Party to contest 5 seats, seeks alliance with Congress
Akhilesh Yadav said that he will also canvass for the Congress candidates if that party gives some seats to the SP to contest.
In Short
- Akhilesh Yadav said that Samajwadi Party will fight on five seats in Gujarat elections.
- SP will support Congress on the remaining seats in Gujarat, he said.
- He has not specified the seats on which SP will contest the elections.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has said that his party will fight on five seats in Gujarat Assembly elections. However, he has not specified the seats on which his party will contest the elections.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister further said that SP will support Congress on the remaining seats in Gujarat.
Yadav will campaign in Gujarat for the SP candidates. He has said that he will also canvass for the Congress candidates if that party gives some seats to the SP to contest.
He said the SP is ready to form an alliance with the Congress in Gujarat. The two parties had contested this year's Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh by stitching an alliance.
While the BJP won 312 of the 403 seats, SP bagged 47 and Congress just seven. Being the ruling party, SP was a senior partner in UP. However, in Gujarat, SP will have to play second fiddle to the Congress.
Despite being a nominal player in Gujarat, SP had surprised both the ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress in Kathlal municipal elections in Kheda district last year. SP won 23 of the 24 seats in the municipal elections held in February 2016.
Buoyed by the result, SP has decided to field five candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections. Besides, it has offered to campaign for the Congress if it gets some more seats to contest.
Yadav hopes that Congress would show some "dostana" (friendship) by offering some seats from its quota.