NEW DELHI: Akhilesh
Yadav's Samajwadi Party and the Congress announced their tie-up ahead of the
Uttar Pradesh elections 2017 at a joint press conference this evening in
Lucknow.
The announcement came after the two sides reached an understanding
regarding seat division this morning. Sources in the Congress had said the
parties have split the difference to agree on the Congress getting six more
seats than the 99 seats offered yesterday by the Samajwadi Party.
The Congress
had initially asked for 138 seats, which was later scaled down to 110. The
state has 403 seats.
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