Opinion | ‘MY’ Party SP Looks To Reinvent This Election For Edge Against BJP & BSP. How Numbers Stack Up

The SP, led by Akhilesh Yadav, is contesting from 63 of UP's 80 seats. ( Image Source :PTI )

Fifty-three of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 Lok Sabha seats have gone to the polls in the first five phases. The remaining 27 seats of the state, which decides the course of general elections in India, will witness polling in the upcoming three phases.  Uttar Pradesh is the epicentre of the Ram Mandir movement, and the BJP hopes to make gains in the state with a divided opposition.  While the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have joined hands to take on the BJP alliance consisting