Congress leaves 7 seats for SP-BSP, RLD in UP, forges alliance with JAP, Mahan Dal

The Congress party on Sunday announced to leave seven Lok Sabha seats for Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) in Uttar Pradesh, where 80 seats are at stake.Talking to media persons here, UP Congress Committee (UPCC) president Raj Babbar said: "We are leaving seven seats vacant for SP, BSP, and RLD. These are Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and the seats from where Mayawati ji, RLD's Jayant ji and Ajit Singh will contest ensuing Lok Sabha election.""We have also decided to give two seats to the Apna Dal--Gonda and Pilibhit," said Babbar, adding that the Congress party would chalk out a plan to work with the Mahan Dal as they have agreed to contest on the Congress symbol."We had talked to Mahan Dal earlier. They had said they were fine with whatever seats we give them. All they wanted was to contest the Vidhan Sabha election. For the Lok Sabha elections, they had said that they would contest on our symbol. We will find out a way to work with ...