Lucknow, 23 June (HS): Senior Congress leader Salman

Khurshid stated on Tuesday that a solid partnership between the Congress and

the Samajwadi Party (SP) might help both parties do well in the 2027 Uttar

Pradesh Assembly elections. Khurshid stated that it was too early to predict

the election results and that both parties still had a lot of work to do on the

ground and in forging alliances. There are considerable prospects for a robust

alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh.

He stated that it is premature to predict who would win or lose at this time

since there is a lot of work to be done on the ground as well as in forging

alliances. Khurshid stated that if both parties work together with full

devotion and equal involvement, they stand a decent chance of strengthening

their standing in UP.

If the coalition actually represents both parties'

participation and entire commitment, we have a very strong chance of turning

things around in Uttar Pradesh, he added. The Congress and SP together fought

the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

While the alliance failed to prevent the BJP's triumph in the 2017 Assembly

elections, it fared well in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with the SP gaining

37 seats and the Congress taking six. Meanwhile, Khurshid referred to the

latest Ram Temple gift incident as a source of severe worry and sought action

against those guilty.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi