Kiranmoy Nanda

Samajwadi Party leader on Sunday said his party, together with the BSP, is strong enough to defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming general election and there is no need of an "insignificant" force like the Congress to make it happen.

Hours before a formal announcement was expected, an alliance appeared untenable on Friday after the Samajwadi Party named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said that it could offer its potential partner only 80 to 85 of UP's 403 assembly seats.

The Samajwadi Party has named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds, and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said today that seat-sharing has not been finalised yet between the two parties. A formal announcement of their alliance for the UP elections was expected later today.

Samajwadi Party (SP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today announced entering into alliance for the coming Bihar assembly elections and claimed they were in talks with some other anti-BJP and anti-Congress regional parties.

Samajwadi Party leader on Sunday said his party, together with the BSP, is strong enough to defeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming general election and there is no need of an "insignificant" force like the Congress to make it happen.

Hours before a formal announcement was expected, an alliance appeared untenable on Friday after the Samajwadi Party named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said that it could offer its potential partner only 80 to 85 of UP's 403 assembly seats.

The Samajwadi Party has named candidates for seven Uttar Pradesh seats that the Congress currently holds, and a senior leader of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's party said today that seat-sharing has not been finalised yet between the two parties. A formal announcement of their alliance for the UP elections was expected later today.

Samajwadi Party (SP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today announced entering into alliance for the coming Bihar assembly elections and claimed they were in talks with some other anti-BJP and anti-Congress regional parties.