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UP Elections 2027: Ajay Rai, Rajendra Pal Gautam Create Sensation Over Seat Sharing, SP-Congress Game in Suspense.
- •The issue of seat sharing between SP and Congress has intensified ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
- •UP Congress President Ajay Rai stated the party is preparing for all 403 seats, hinting at Congress's presence in SP strongholds.
- •Congress in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam also emphasized strengthening the party on all 403 seats, while also mentioning cooperation in an alliance.
- •Both parties claim to be preparing for elections together, but the seat-sharing formula remains undecided.
- •Akhilesh Yadav has also launched his PDA Rath Yatra, emphasizing winnability as the basis for seat distribution.
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Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai and state in-charge Rajendra Pal Gautam both stated that Congress is preparing across all 403 seats in the state. Rajendra Pal Gautam emphasized strengthening the organization on every seat while maintaining that the party aims to contest the 2027 elections in an alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
While both the Samajwadi Party and Congress intend to fight the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together under an alliance, formal talks and a final seat-sharing agreement have not yet been decided. Both parties are simultaneously accelerating independent preparations and strengthening their ground across various constituencies, creating suspense over the final seat distribution formula.
While discussing party preparations and hinting at Congress programs in Samajwadi Party strongholds in response to Akhilesh Yadav's PDA Rath Yatra, Ajay Rai specifically named Etawah, Kannauj, and Mainpuri as areas where Congress might go.
