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Congress formally announces alliance with Samajwadi Party for UP polls

Samajwadi Party to contest on 298 Assembly seats, Congress on 105

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Akhilesh Yadav

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Capping days of feverish parleys, Congress and Samajwadi Party today forged an alliance to contest the UP Assembly polls together.

At a joint press conference here, leaders the two parties said SP will contest 298 of the 403 seats and Congress the remaining 105.

"SP and Congress have forged an alliance and will contest UP assembly polls together," SP state president Naresh Uttam told the hurriedly convened media briefing.

UP PCC chief Raj Babbar hoped the SP-Congress alliance will reap a bumper electoral harvest in the state and fulfil aspriations of all sections of the society.

He said