In its bid to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party announced alliance.The two parties have decided 38-38 seat-sharing deal in Uttar Pradesh. Out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, SP and BSP will contest on 38 seats each and have left two seats for the RLD. The two parties also kept Congress out of the alliance.The parties, however, will not contest in Amethi and Raebareli represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively.