UP polls: 'UP ke ladke' together again to take on BJP, but who will show 'bigger heart'?
The Congress and Samajwadi Party are navigating seat-sharing negotiations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections following their successful 2024 Lok Sabha alliance. Both parties are publicly urging the other to show a 'big heart' to ensure a unified front against the BJP.
Why it matters
The success of this alliance is critical for the opposition's ability to challenge the BJP's dominance in India's most populous state.
NEW DELHI: What does the size of one’s heart have to do with political alliances? Perhaps quite a lot when the allies are the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, and at stake is the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.The ‘UP ke ladke’ delivered in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The partnership between Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi helped the INDIA bloc win 43 of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 seats, handing the BJP its biggest electoral setback in the state in a decade.Now, as the two parties prepare for seat-sharing negotiations for next year’s assembly election, leaders on both sides want the other to show a “big heart” and be more accommodating. Akhilesh made the first appeal.
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