This ensures that the Congress party will not ally with any major party in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. With the addition of smaller parties, it seems likely that the Congress party will contest the majority of seats. In that sense, “Will it turn out to be in favor of the ruling BJP, as the Congress party is standing alone?” Debates have arisen.
Commenting on this, political commentators said, “People are deeply dissatisfied with the ruling BJP government in UP over allegations of crimes against women, peasant struggle, Lakhimpur violence and mismanagement of the corona. However, due to the absence of any major opposition, the BJP remains strong there. In this context, the announcement by the Congress party to stand alone would be to the advantage of the BJP. Already, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have announced that they will contest the elections in alliance with only smaller parties. Moreover, parties including Owaisi’s AIMIM, Chandrasekhar Azad’s Beam Army, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Shiv Sena are seen separately to divide the anti-BJP vote. In this situation, if the Congress finds a separate field, it will facilitate the victory of the BJP. ”
“As far as the Congress is concerned, the party leadership thinks that forming an alliance with the big parties will only exacerbate the chaos, as there are problems within the party. Moreover, the state Congress executives are not on good terms with the Bahujan Samaj and Samajwadi Party executives. Therefore, if an alliance is formed with those parties, it will cause problems in the elections and cause a setback for the Congress. That is why the party has decided to face the election alone. Moreover, the party upper caste wants to contest alone and win more seats and become the opposition in UP. In UP, which has the largest number of constituencies in the country, the party leadership hopes that if it contests alone and becomes the main opposition, it will be convenient to prove to the people that we are the only alternative to the BJP in the 2024 parliamentary elections, ”said some members of the Congress party.
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