Congress may distance itself from Uttar Pradesh by-elections, tensions rise with Uttar Pradesh over seat-sharing issue

The Indian National Congress may distance itself from the by-elections in nine seats in Uttar Pradesh. Sources made this claim. According to sources, the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party has soured. According to sources, angry over the fact that the Samajwadi Party was offered only two seats out of nine, the Congress party is considering not fielding candidates in any of the seats while distancing itself from the by-elections and allowing the Samajwadi Party to contest in all nine seats.