The Samajwadi Party will contest five of the 182 assembly seats in Gujarat and support Congress in other seats, SP president Akhilesh Yadav said on Monday.
He said the party did not want a split in the anti-BJP votes and hence would contest only the seats where it has a strong organisational base.
“In Gujarat, we will be contesting five seats where our organisation is strong. We are not going to weaken the fight there (against the BJP). In the rest of the seats, the party will support Congress,” he told reporters.