RLD to contest three seats with SP-BSP alliance

The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Tuesday formally announced their alliance for the Lok Sabha election, with the RLD getting three seats to contest in western Uttar Pradesh.

The SP, which has already sewed up an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), has left Mathura, Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar for the RLD, headed by former Union Minister Ajit Singh. The RLD's primary support base is known to exist in the Jat community.