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Congress ready to go solo in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi hints

| @indiablooms | Jan 08, 2019, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has indicated his party is ready to go solo in the general election in Uttar Pradesh and that they have a surprise for the people of the state.

Speaking to Gulf News in the backdrop of reports that BSP and SP would not join hands with the Congress in the next general elections, Rahul said: “There are very interesting things that the Congress party can do in Uttar Pradesh... the Congress idea is very powerful for Uttar Pradesh. So, we are very confident of our ability in Uttar Pradesh and we will surprise people.”

Both the SP and the BSP support the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where the party defeated the BJP and formed the government with a small majority.

“We are trying to bring opposition together… I have heard some statements in the media but we are going to work together and make sure that we defeat Mr Modi. But, I just want to say again – to underestimate the Congress in UP is a big mistake,” Gandhi said, adding that he was positive about forming alliances in other states to counter the BJP.

“Our first aim is to defeat Mr Narendra Modi. There are states where we are very strong and we are the primary party and are contesting the BJP directly. There are states where there are possible alliances – Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Bihar… where we are working out an alliance formula," he said.

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