Cong is open to tie up with SP

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">YAMUNANAGAR: Congress has no reservation about alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. <br /><br />Barinder Singh, former president, Haryana Congress (I) and political observer of Uttar Pradesh, while talking to newsmen here on Thursday declared that if Mulayam Singh Yadav is prepared for alliance then there would be no dispute in allocation of tickets.<br /><br />On being asking if Mulayam Singh is ready to give 18 seats to Congress (I) out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh, he said that it is not a big issue as far as number of seats are concerned but simultaneously after meeting each other things can be settled. <br /><br />He admitted that if Congress, Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal joins hand together then BJP would not win a single seat. He said that Congress has decided to join hands with like minded people but not with communal parties.<br /><br />Singh said that Bahujan Samaj Party has lost its credibility in the country. He said that now the BSP would not be able to maintain the tally of 13th Lok Sabha election. <br /><br />About Haryana politics, Singh said that Congress would win in all the ten Parliament seats as there is wave in favour of Congress (I) and moreover people of Haryana are fed up with the present regime. He declared that he would not contest the Parliament elections as he is busy in the Uttar Pradesh affair. He said that Bhajan Lal, president of Haryana Pradesh Congress (I) and Bhupinder Singh Hooda leader of opposition of Haryana Assembly would contest the coming Parliament election from Haryana. <br /><br />On being pointed out about Shelja an outsider contesting from Ambala Reserve constituency, Singh said she is an important functionary of the party and can contest from anywhere but the name from the Haryana is yet to be announced.<br /><br /><formid=367815></formid=367815></div> </div>