Lucknow: Amid the ongoing tussle between the two parties over seat sharing in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday sought to send a message to Congress by stating that the win…

Lucknow: Amid the ongoing tussle between the two parties over seat sharing in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday sought to send a message to Congress by stating that the winnability of a contestant was more important than the number of seats to be contested by either party.‘’Baat seat ki nahin, jeet ki hai,’’ (seat doesn’t matter, what matters is victory), Akhilesh said in a post on his social media handle.He said that it was not important how many seats were given to a party in the alliance or from which seat went to which party. ‘’The most important thing is to ensure that the alliance wins,’’ he added.The SP president said that when the purpose was clear, then hands joined together and the path became easy when one focused on the destination.Akhilesh’s remarks assume significance as they came amid the ongoing tussle between the two parties over sharing of seats in the forthcoming assembly polls in the state.Akhilesh Yadav picks Reliance executive Dhanraj Nathwani, Ram Gopal for Rajya Sabha polls; both file nomination papersEarlier also Akhilesh had hinted at a ‘hard bargain’ with the grand old party on the issue of seat sharing and indicated that he might not yield to any kind of pressure tactics.He had made it clear that the formula of seat sharing would not be numbers but victory.SP and Congress had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in alliance in UP and had managed to reduce the BJP tally considerably in the state. The alliance had won 44 seats while BJP managed to win only 33 seats of the total 80.

Source: Deccan Herald