Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have come together in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha polls, further splitting the anti-BJP and pro-Dalit votes. This is  the fourth alliance in the state, albeit a small one, in addition to the BJP-Sena, Congress-NCP and a conglomerate of other parties, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, which will field their candidates in 48 segments.

The BSP and SP will announce their seat-sharing and agenda at a press conference today. SP state president and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, BSP's MP and national general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra Ashok Siddharth and BSP state president Anil Sakhre will represent their respective parties.