After Haryana Poll Shock, Congress Faces Samajwadi Party's Bypoll Snub
The fallout of the Congress' poor show in the Haryana election - which has included a stinging attack from ally Shiv Sena (UBT) before the Maharashtra election - rumbled on Tuesday, with the Samajwadi Party snubbing a seat-share request for by-polls to 10 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats later this year.
Akhilesh Yadav's party - a high-profile member of the Congress-led INDIA bloc - has named candidates for six of the 10 seats. The number is significant - the Congress wanted to contest five of the seats, but the SP demurred, pointing to the two parties' performances in the April-June general election.
