SP and BSP extend alliance to Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): After Uttar Pradesh, the SP and the BSP have decided to join hands in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, leaving the Congress out of an alliance in either of them, reports said.
Mayawati's BSP will contest 26 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 seats while the SP will fight from the remaining three - Thikri, Balaghat and Khajuraho. In Uttarakhand, the BSP will contest four seats and the SP, one. Incidentally, the Congress came to power in Uttarakhand last December with BSP support.
In Uttar Pradesh, BSP and SP are contesting 38 and 37 seats each. The alliance has left two seats for the Congress - Rae Bareli and Amethi - the constituencies of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi respectively.
The Congress has, however, announced it intended to fight all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh on its own. It also recently made the surprise announcement of Priyanka Gandhi making her political debut. The party made her a general secretary and gave her the charge of east Uttar Pradesh.
In 2014, the BJP had won all the five seats in Uttarakhand and 27 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 seats. The Congress had won the remaining two seats.
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