Congress-SP talk on seat-sharing deadlocked
New Delhi, Sep 8 (UNI) The second meeting of the Congress and the Samajwadi Party for sharing seats in Uttar Pradesh in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections ended in a stalemate.
Both the sides led by AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh and SP leader Amar Singh could not reach any agreement.
''There has been a disagreement over several seats in seat-sharing talks,'' a senior Congress leader said here today, while pointing out that the third meeting would be held after September 15.
The Congress has reportedly demanded 25 seats in Uttar Pradesh which has 80 out of the 545 Lok Sabha seats. The Samajwadi Party was said to be not inclined to give more than 15 seats.
The Congress suggested a friendly contest in 10 per cent of the state's seats, but Mr Amar Singh has reportedly rejected the idea.
Meanwhile,
AICC
General
Secretary
Veerappa
Moily
told
mediapersons
that
''it
is
a
process
which
will
take
time.
I
don't
think
we
have
reached
that
stage.''
Asked
if
the
SP
was
demanding
a
lion's
share,
he
said
''the
SP
will
have
its
claim.''
Asked
why
they
could
not
resolve
the
differences
even
after
a
second
round
of
meeting,
Mr
Moily
said
:
''it
was
the
beginning
of
the
proces
and
not
the
end
of
the
process.''
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