SP-BSP alliance not the last word: P Chidambaram

The alliance between SP and BSP in Uttar Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha elections is not the last word, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Saturday.Chidambaram hoped that his party could still be a part of the new political alignment in India's politically most crucial state where 80 Lok Sabha seats are at stake. In the last General Elections in 2014, the Congress had won only two seats-Amethi and Rae Bareli."Perhaps this is not the last word. May be there will be some rethink as the elections approach. A truly broad-based alliance will be formed in Uttar Pradesh. If necessary, the Congress party will contest elections on its own strength," Chidambaram told reporters here.As per the alliance, the SP and the BSP will contest on 38 seats each, while they will not field their candidate against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli. They have also kept two seats for the smaller parties.During the ...