SP, BSP leaders put a leg forward for alliance in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party head, Mayawati and Samajwadi Party President, Akhilesh Yadav held a meeting to seal the deal to finalize the seat sharing for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, as per sources.

Akhilesh met Mayawati to discuss about the proposed alliance for the upcoming elections, at her residence at 6 in the evening, according to a news agency.

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It is noteworthy that UP has 80 Lok Sabha seats. Both the parties have agreed to contest for 37 Lok Sabha seats and they have consented to leave the remaining seats for Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and other smaller parties. However there was no official statement from either of the parties.

As per reports, Akhilesh reached Mayawati's residence lat eveing, where they both discussed about the alliance and the allotment of seats.

The duration of the meeting was around 2 hours where both the leaders had a discussion on the names of candidates that will contest from important constituencies. To avoid dispute between the two parties, the leaders have set an easy formula of contesting for an equal number of seats in the upcoming polls.

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It is important to note that BSP was the first party that offered support to Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and helped Congress to form government in both the states.

Earlier, BSP was snuffed out in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and 2017 State elections. However, it seems like BSP supremo is in no mood to lose the opportunity this time. Both the parties have geared up for the upcoming general elections.

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