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In view of the country’s politics and the upcoming elections, the ongoing tussle over seat sharing within the biggest platform of opposition unity, ‘INDIA’ Alliance, now appears to be reaching its final stage. Especially regarding Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest and politically most important state, political turmoil is at its peak from Delhi to Lucknow. Everyone’s eyes are on how many seats in UP Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has agreed to give to his alliance partners Congress and Rahul Gandhi. According to the news coming from political circles after the recently held general meeting of opposition leaders, there has been a consensus between the top leadership of both the parties on the complex formula of seat sharing, which has cleared a new path for the future of the alliance.
Diplomatic discussion between Rahul and Akhilesh in high-level meeting
According to information received from sources, on the sidelines of this important meeting of INDIA alliance held in Delhi, a long and diplomatic conversation took place behind closed doors between Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi. The main agenda of this meeting was to resolve the long standing deadlock over seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh. While the Congress leadership was demanding a respectable share citing the past performance and its traditional strongholds, Akhilesh Yadav was insisting on adopting a pragmatic approach based on ground reality, regional equations and the strong support base of his party. After this marathon discussion between the two leaders, a middle path has finally been found.
After all, how many seats is the SP chief ready to give to Congress in UP?
Political pundits and sources claim that Akhilesh Yadav has agreed to give a certain number to Congress out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, which is like a ‘win-win situation’ for both the parties. There is talk that the SP chief is ready to give Congress its traditional seats like Amethi and Rae Bareli, apart from some seats in Western and Eastern UP where the old organizational structure of Congress has been strong. However, Akhilesh has made it clear that he will select the seats solely on the basis of the winnability factor of the candidates, so that BJP’s victory chariot can be stopped firmly.
Along with seat sharing, the whole matter has become clear on these issues also.
In this general meeting, there was intense brainstorming not only on the number of seats but also on the joint strategy of election campaign. There was a complete consensus in the alliance meeting that Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘PDA’ (Backward, Dalit, Minority) formula and Rahul Gandhi’s ‘caste census’ and social justice narrative will come together in the election field. Both the parties will hold joint rallies and a joint coordination committee will also be formed to establish better coordination among the workers at the grassroots level, so that the vote banks of both the parties can be easily transferred to each other.
How successful will the opposition’s ‘Mission UP’ be against BJP?
The issue of seat sharing between SP and Congress in Uttar Pradesh is being considered a huge psychological victory for the INDIA alliance. If both the parties fight together on the ground with full strength and without any contradiction, it will turn the political triangle of Uttar Pradesh into a direct contest, which may increase challenges for the ruling party BJP. Although the official announcement of seat sharing is yet to be made, the positive results of this meeting have filled the workers with immense enthusiasm. Now it remains to be seen what will be the reaction of the local leaders and contenders when the list of seats is officially revealed.