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Congress and SP friends here, foes there

Both parties have fielded candidates for Assembly elections in the region

Assembly election 2017, UP Elections 2017, Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh yadav
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File photo of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (right) with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi during a joint press conference in Lucknow

Karan Choudhury Amethi
It is a confusing time for party workers of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in Amethi. Are they fighting together or against each other, is the question they are still trying to figure out. 

Both parties have fielded candidates for Assembly elections in the region. Coupled with liberal doses of mud-slinging and name calling, which sometimes borders on being outright sexist, the lines between being allies or enemies have long blurred here. To add to this chaos, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate Garima Singh, former wife of the Maharaja here, is playing the martyr. 

Though Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and Uttar