Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief meet in Lucknow, finalise seat-sharing

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary on Tuesday met in Lucknow to discuss seat-sharing for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Yadav had earlier said that his party's alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal is final and only sharing of seats is to be discussed.
"Badhte Kadam," Chaudhary said on his official Twitter handle and also posted a photograph with Yadav.


Later in a tweet, the Samajwadi leader said, "Shri Jayant Chaudhary ji ke saath badlav ke ore (With Jayant for change)."


When asked Rashtriya Lok Dal state president Masood Ahmad said that both the leaders met in the state capital and "there is a discussion on seat sharing".

Sources told ET that the two parties came to an agreement on the number of seats , and that the RLD would be contesting in 36 seats .