Lucknow, Aug. 24 -- Bhartiya Janata party's former ally in Uttar Pradesh -- Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) -- is likely to forge an alliance with Samjawadi Party (SP) in the upcoming bypolls scheduled to be held on 13 assembly seats in the state. SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar on Friday met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav where they talked about the possibility of a new political alliance in the state during the bypolls.

SP sources here on Saturday said that SBSP has demanded 3 seats of the 13, all in eastern UP, to be given to them in the bypolls. But the SP leadership was yet to give its nod to the new alliance.

Out of 13 assembly seats, Rajbhar's SBSP has demanded Jalalpur assembly seat in Ambedkarnagar and Balha assembly seat in Bahraic...