Samajwadi Party and Congress even decided to support an independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha. They reached at common ground to do so. With this, a new ray of hope has once again surfaced for the stalled talks between the two.

According to sources in the Congress, the party president Sonia Gandhi has asked her lieutenant to give patient hearing to the Samajwadi Party leaders and their views. 'Try to be more realistic,' she reportedly told them.

Earlier, seat sharing talks between the two parties in Uttar Pradesh were failed mainly because Congress Party was not ready to accept less than 30 Lok Sabha seats in the state. However, Samajwadi Party was reluctant to share to such extent.

It may be mentioned here that there are 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh where Samajwadi Party has a great stake. The party has a tough political rivalry with the Bahujan Samaj Party, present incumbent at Lucknow seat.

Sources indicated that both the parties are now ready to renegotiate the seat sharing issue and could reached an agreement after the assembly elections to the six states are over.

The bitter acrimony between the two parties is now somewhate subsided and much water had flowed in the Yamuna since then. Leaders of both the parties have now decided not to harm their political prospect or else they may find the Bahujan Samajwadi Party winning away majority of seats.

Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav had recently met Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and expressed his desire to restart the stalled seat sharing talks.

Now seat sharing process has again gained momentum and leaders of both sides are now trying to play smartly.#