After Karnataka former chief minister Siddaramaiah demanded that Congress president Rahul Gandhi should fight 2019 polls from the state, the grand old party decided to contest on 20 seats. It's ally JDS will fight from eight constituencies. 
Congress return the favour to SP-BSP-RLD alliance by deciding to not field candidates against seven seats in Uttar Pradesh. UP Congress chief Raj Babbar in a press conference said that the seats of Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and seats in which BSP supremo Mayawati and RLD's Jayant Chaudhary and and Ajit Singh will be not fought by Congress. Babbar also said that they will give two seats to Apna Dal.