The Congress has asked the Samajwadi Party to get a third seat in the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh as the party is not satisfied with the two seats allotted to it, India Today TV reported.
Reports quoted sources as saying that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath of Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir at the inauguration ceremony in Srinagar on October 16 , informally discussed the issue of seat allocation for the upcoming bypolls.
Currently, the Samajwadi Party has offered Ghaziabad and Khel seats to the Congress. However, the Congress party is still contesting the Phulpur seat and the Samajwadi Party has announced its candidate.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Avinash Pandey, party president Ajay Rai and party leader Aradhana Mishra were meeting with Akshay Negotiations with Akhilesh Yadav-led party. However, reports said the Samajwadi Party is not planning to offer more seats.
The seat allocation issue has arisen as the Congress is under intense pressure from its allies to revise its poll strategy after disappointing results in the Haryana Assembly elections and failure to win seats in the Jammu region.
However, reports suggest that there are speculations that the Gandhi family discussed with Akhilesh Yadav the Phulpur seat, where the Samajwadi Party selected Mustafa who lost in the last election. Siddiqui candidate.
Reports quoted Congress sources as saying that the Congress top leader and Akhilesh Yadav will soon finalize the seat allocation plan for UP through the polls.
By-elections for nine seats in UP will be held on November 13. (Prayagraj), Khel (Aligarh), Kundalji (Moradabad).
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the seat fell vacant after the MLA was elected to the House of Representatives and part of the MLA from Western Samau, Irfan Solanki, was disqualified due to criminal charges.
Counting is scheduled for November 20.
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party had previously contested the Lok Sabha elections together as the India Bloc.