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'Add one to 180': Akhilesh Yadav on ally Congress's seat demand for UP assembly polls

Headline via Hindustan Times · first report 14 Nov, 14:51 IST, latest 15 Nov, 17:09 IST

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8 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Hindustan Times at 14 Nov, 14:51 IST; the latest is from Free Press Journal at 15 Nov, 17:09 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by8 news organisations
First report14 Nov, 14:51 IST
Latest report15 Nov, 17:09 IST
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Asked if the Grand Old Party had asked for 200, Yadav said: “Slightly less than that”. Asked if they had sought 180, he said: “Add one to 180”.
Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that the Congress has demanded 181 seats under the seat-sharing agreement for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh due early next year. However, he asserted that the INDIA bloc remains…
?Add One More To 180’: Akhilesh Yadav Reveals Congress's Seat Demand For UP Polls, SP-Congress Meeting Likely On Nov 17
A senior SP leader had earlier claimed that Yadav will visit Ayodhya on Dec.12.
Asked if the demand was of 200 seats, he replied, "A little less than that." When the interviewer suggested 180 seats, Mr. Yadav said, "Add one more," indicating that the Congress has sought 181 seats from the SP
Akhilesh Yadav, leader of the Samajwadi Party, revealed that the Congress aims to contest 181 seats in the upcoming 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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