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Congress to fight UP civic polls alone

| | May 01, 2017, at 05:35 pm
Lucknow, May 1 (IBNS) : Ending honeymoon that turned into the worst disaster for both the partners, the Congress on Monday announced that the party will fight it alone in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls breaking its alliance with the Samajwadi Party.

"We have decided the Congress will contest the forthcoming urban civic polls in Uttar Pradesh alone, without any alignment with  any party, including the Samajwadi Party," PCC President Raj Babbar has been quoted by media as saying.

Babbar informed that the decision followed a series of meetings at different levels of the party, including the grassroots, that reviewed the alliance with the SP.

State leaders have been told to focus on the elections and mobilise committed workers and supporters who can devote time and energy for the party, Babbar said.

The Congress , which joined hands with the Samajwadi Party in the state Assembly elections, had experienced a crushing defeat with the combine bagging  only 54 seats in the 403-member House that the BJP won with tally of 312.

A large section  of the Congress district and city presidents blamed the defeat on the formation of the alliance.

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