According to SP leaders, Congress will contest two seats, while the SP will field candidates in the remaining eight. The Election Commission has released the bypoll schedule for nine seats, with Milkipur left out due to an ongoing legal dispute. Voting for the nine seats will take place on November 13.As per highly placed Congress sources, the party had demanded Phulpur (Prayagraj), Sisamau (Kanpur) and Majhawan (Bhadohi) seats to contest but Akhilesh Yadav did not pay heed to the Congress’s demand and announced candidates on all those seats.The sources claimed that Congress may not be fielding candidates in Ghaziabad and Khair seats as both have been the traditional strongholds of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the chances of it winning them are grim.As per the political analysts, Akhilesh Yadav, strategically, spared Khair and Ghaziabad seats for Congress ensuring the SP retained control over its key constituencies.While UP Congress leadership awaits a decision to contest or otherwise from its top brass, the All India Congress Committee general secretary (in charge of U.P.) Avinash Pandey expressed hope for coordination with the Samajwadi Party.
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