Samajwadi Party has proposed to Congress to contest elections on 17 seats including Amethi and Rae Bareli.

Samajwadi Party has now proposed Congress to field its candidates on 17 seats under the alliance.  Earlier, SP had proposed to Congress to contest elections on 11 seats, due to which rhetoric had started between the two parties.  On Monday, SP President Akhilesh Yadav has decided to leave 17 Lok Sabha seats for Congress.According to sources, SP has given Amethi, Rae Bareli, Barabanki, Sitapur, Kaiserganj, Varanasi, Amroha, Saharanpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Fatehpur Sikri, Kanpur, Hathras, Jhansi, Maharajganj and Baghpat seats to Congress.