Landless Labour and Green Revolution

April 5, 1969 State Seats Expected Contested to Win Uttar Pradesh 70 30 Bihar 45 15 Punjab 5 2 or 3 West Bengal 4 2 Republican party predicted that Congress could not capture more than 198 seats in UP, the same number it won in the 1967 general election. Reviewing its own position it clarified that although it was contesting 200 seats in 40 districts of Uttar Pradesh, it hoped to do well only in 10 districts of Agra and Meerut divisions.