India bloc intact; SP to contest 2027 UP polls as part of it: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday (June 17, 2025) that the INDIA bloc is intact and asserted that the Congress and the SP will contest the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh together as part of the opposition grouping.

“We are not worried about any such statement. INDIA bloc is intact and we are firmly with it. Those who are unhappy can walk out...the alliance will contest the elections together,” said Mr. Yadav, while replying to a media query on a recent statement by Congress Lok Sabha MP Imran Masood regarding a reset in seat sharing between the SP and the Congress for the 2027 polls.

For the last two weeks, Mr. Masood, the Saharanpur MP and a leading Muslim face of the Congress, has been stressing that the seat-sharing formula used in the 2024 Lok Sabha election will not work in 2027.