UP Congress chief vows to forge alliances with only 'small parties' for 2022 Assembly polls
3 years, 4 months ago

UP Congress chief vows to forge alliances with only 'small parties' for 2022 Assembly polls

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Ajay Kumar Lallu also said that governments led by BJP, BSP and SP that ruled Uttar Pradesh for the past 32 years failed to live up to the expectations of people New Delh: Virtually ruling out an alliance with the SP and BSP for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress’ state unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu on Sunday said his party will forge alliances only with small parties and will “not even think about” joining hands with the big ones for the elections. In an interview with PTI, Lallu said that in the eyes of the people of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is the main challenger to the BJP in the polls next year and expressed confidence that the party would win the elections under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and form the next government. We will not even think about aligning again with big parties.” Pointing to the reaction of SP and BSP to a Congress booklet that talked about misrule under the non-Congress governments in the last 32 years, he said it is clear that “we will align with small parties” on the issues of the poor, farmers, youth and women’s security. Claiming that there is anger against the BJP over issues such as price rise, unemployment, farmers’ “plight”, poverty, reservation, “murder of democracy”, Lallu said he believes that this anger will manifest itself in the polls and common people were standing with the Congress.

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India TV News  

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Op India  

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India Today  

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AAP and Congress will contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat together, says state AAP chief
1 year, 5 months ago

AAP and Congress will contest upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat together, says state AAP chief

Firstpost  

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Live Mint  

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