Akhilesh Yadav Says Will Join Congress' Yatra, Day After Seat Sharing Pact

The Samajwadi Party will join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', party boss Akhilesh Yadav said Thursday afternoon, a day after the two agreed a 63-17 split of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats. Akhilesh Yadav is expected to join the rally in Agra. The deal - the first major accord between members of the INDIA bloc, who had till then struggled to agree seat-sharing terms - followed a firm final offer from the SP, which said it would surrender only 15 seats to its ally, and that it would not otherwise attend the Rahul Gandhi-led pan-India yatra.

Akhilesh Yadav Says Will Join Congress' Yatra, Day After Seat Sharing Pact
The Samajwadi Party will join the Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', party boss Akhilesh Yadav said Thursday afternoon, a day after the two agreed a 63-17 split of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats. Akhilesh Yadav is expected to join the rally in Agra. The deal - the first major accord between members of the INDIA bloc, who had till then struggled to agree seat-sharing terms - followed a firm final offer from the SP, which said it would surrender only 15 seats to its ally, and that it would not otherwise attend the Rahul Gandhi-led pan-India yatra.