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The BSP had got four.Samajwadi party sources said, Akhilesh Singh, in fact was testing water in Madhya Pradesh before he would sit and bargain hard with Congress for an alliance in the elections to be held later this year. Sidhi used to be stronghold of Arjun Singh, the Congress veteran and father of Ajay Singh .From Sidhi ,Akhilesh went around Rewa, Satna, Panna and Khajuraho before he left for Delhi.Akhilesh also lashed out at the BJP after the political developments in Karnataka. After Congress , SP and BSP joined hands for bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Nath was obviously referring to the two strong parties of Uttar Pradesh, Congress sources said.During his MP tour, Akhilesh on Friday also addressed a rally in Semaria village of Sidhi , the home town of leader of the opposition Ajay Singh , and also inducted his two cousins in the SP fold. “ The BJP must learn a lesson after Yeddyurappa had to resign after he failed to prove majority.”He condemned the ruling BJP government in MP saying, “ the maximum number of farmers commit suicide in the state when the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan makes tall claims on farmers welfare.”Samajwadi party sources said that Akhilesh may be talking about “all the 230 seats”, he was focussed on the 50 plus seats in the districts of Bundelkhand and Vindhya Pradesh including Rewa and Sidhi.Of the 230 seats in MP, in the 2013 the BJP had won 165 while the Congress could manage victory only on 58 seats. BHOPAL: Six months ahead of Vidhan Sabha polls in the state , Samajwadi party chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav quietly looked for greener pastures in Madhya Pradesh as he toured the bordering areas Vindhya Pradesh and Baghelkhand on Friday and Saturday .Two days after the statement of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath hinting at an alliance with "like-minded parties" for the Vidhan sabha elections slated later this year, Akhilesh said his party would contest elections on all the 230 seats.After travelling a long stretch from Sidhi, Rewa to Panna and Chhatarpur, Akhilesh said in Khajuraho on Saturday “ SP will field candidates on all the 230 seats.”Without referring to any political party , on Thursday, Kamal Nath had said he was in touch with "like-minded parties in the state "..