SP not to ally with RLD, ties only with Congress

“We will forge an alliance only with the Congress. We will not ally with the RLD. No talks are going on with them (RLD). We will contest from over 300 seats (out of 403) and the Congress will be there for the rest of them,” SP national vice president Kironmoy Nanda told PTI. 

As regards finalisation of candidates, he said, “SP has finalised its candidates for the first and second phases (of the upcoming polls). Now, it is up to the Congress to decide on their nominees.” Nanda said the details of the seats would be announced by SP national president Akhilesh Yadav. 

Going whole hog after Election Commission’s nod to his coronation, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav revoked expulsion of nine MLCs including Ananad Bhaduaria, Sunil Singh Sajan, Sanjay Lathar and youth wing leaders, sacked for indiscipline earlier by his warring uncle Shivpal Yadav.