Congress not to contest from seats in selected regions in Uttar Pradesh- Raj Babbar.

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
chief Raj Babbar on Sunday said the
grand old party will not contest in
Mainpuri, where SP patriarch
Mulayam Singh will contest, Kannauj,
where Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple
Yadav is expected to run, Firozabad,
where Akhilesh’s cousin Akshay Yadav
might fight, and the seats from where
BSP chief Mayawati, RLD chief Ajit
Singh, his son Jayant would decide to
contest. Apart from these six seats,
Congress might leave Azamgarh,
where Akhilesh Yadav will reportedly
contest.

Both Mayawati and Akhilesh snubbed
the Congress on its offer, saying it is
free to contest candidates from
wherever it sees fit. SP leader Azam
Khan said his party doesn’t need the
favour from the Congress party. The
Congress party should not have
accepted the alliance’s offer of leaving
Amethi and Raebareli seats for its top
leadership, he added. “If they are
confident the way they were during
MP and Rajasthan elections they
should have refused the offer and
contested alone”