Congress seals SP deal, will contest 17 of 80 UP seats

SP and Congress have reached a seat-sharing agreement in UP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Under the agreement, Congress will contest on 17 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Akhilesh Yadav's stronghold, while the SP will contest from Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho constituency. This move is seen as a positive step towards unity between the two opposition parties.