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SP MP Slams Congress's 150-Seat Demand: 'Even 50 Seats is an Exaggeration!'
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News18•04-10-2026, 10:57
SP MP Slams Congress's 150-Seat Demand: 'Even 50 Seats is an Exaggeration!'
- •The alliance equation between Samajwadi Party and Congress is becoming complex ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
- •Congress has demanded 150 seats for an alliance with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
- •Samajwadi Party MP Shiv Pal Singh sharply criticized Congress's demand, stating 'Even giving 50 seats would be an exaggeration!'
- •Shiv Pal Singh advised Congress to make seat demands based on their own strength and dismissed the 150-seat claim.
- •He questioned Congress's performance in the 2022 UP elections and highlighted SP's stronger showing in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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The Congress party demanded at least 150 seats to form an alliance with the Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, though state leaders have also mentioned preparedness for all 403 seats or even a 50-50 equal sharing arrangement.
Samajwadi Party MP Shiv Pal Singh sharply criticized the demand, stating that even giving Congress 50 seats would be an exaggeration and too much. He advised Congress to make demands based strictly on their actual political strength.
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Congress contested all 403 seats but managed to win only two. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party blamed Congress for cutting votes that could have otherwise allowed the Samajwadi Party to form the government.
