New Delhi/lucknow, Feb. 22 -- After months of roller-coaster political ride, INDIA Bloc partners Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress on Wednesday announced a tie-up for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with UP's main Opposition party leaving 17 out of the 80 seats in the State for the grand old party.
Among the 17 seats on which the Congress will contest in UP included Raebareli and Amethi, once considered pocket boroughs of the party, and Varanasi which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency. In Madhya Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party will contest on a single seat, Khajuraho, and support the Congress in the remaining constituencies in the state.
The seat-sharing announcement was made at a joint press conference ...