Verbal Volleys signal 'unease' in ties between SP, Congress?

LUCKNOW: Despite Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders asserting that "all is well" with their alliance, an ongoing exchange of verbal volleys by both sides is signaling apparent unease on the political horizon in Uttar Pradesh.

- Umesh Raghuvanshi

The development indicates that the alliance may face a bumpy road ahead and leaders of both the parties are likely to have the challenge of jointly and smoothly steering the way to the 2027 U.P. assembly elections.

Differences over seat-sharing in the November by-elections to nine UP assembly seats ultimately led to the grand old party not fielding its candidates.

There has also been apparent unease between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party over handling of the Sambhal violence issue, the changed seating arrangement in the Lok Sabha pushing the Samajwadi Party from the eighth to the sixth block and leaving only one seat for the party in the front row.