Congress will contest on these 17 seats of the stateLet us inform that the alliance between the two parties was announced by SP State President Naresh Uttam Patel, SP National Secretary Rajendra Chaudhary, Congress State President Ajay Rai and Congress's Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pandey in a joint press conference. Pandey said that Congress will contest on 17 seats, while candidates from SP and other alliance partners will contest on the remaining 63 seats in the state. SP State President Patel said that Congress is winning on 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh including Rae Bareli, Amethi, Kanpur Nagar, Fatehpur Sikri, Bansgaon, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Maharajganj, Varanasi, Amroha, Jhansi, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Sitapur, Barabanki and Deoria. Will contest elections.Credit for alliance given to Priyanka GandhiPatel said that SP had expressed its intention to contest elections from Khajuraho Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh, which has been accepted by Congress. Congress state in-charge Avinash Pandey said that Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has played a very important role in bringing this alliance to fruition. He expresses his gratitude to her for the efforts she is making to bring all the parties together to defeat BJP in Uttar Pradesh. When asked when Congress will release its list of candidates, Pandey said the party leadership will release it soon after deliberations.फ़र्रुख़ाबाद से मेरे रिश्तों के कितने इम्तहान का सामना करना पड़ेगा? सवाल मेरा नहीं पर हमारे सब के मुस्तक़ाबिल का है, आने वाली नस्लों का है। क़िस्मत के फ़ैसलों के सामने कभी झुका नहीं । टूट सकता हूँ , झुकूँ गा नहीं। तुम साथ देनेका वादा करो, मैं नघमे सुनाता रहूँ
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