Divide difficult seats equally for U.P. Assembly elections, says Congress amid seat-sharing row with SP

File photo of Imran Masood, working president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Amid the war of words between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress over seat-sharing in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, Congress leaders on Monday (October 5, 2026) said the quality of seats also matters.

“Quality seats matter in any alliance. Here (in the SP-Congress alliance), quality along with quantity (the number of seats) will also matter,” Imran Masood, working president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, told The Hindu.

Another senior Congress leader said that any workable framework on seat-sharing must align with ground realities.