Lucknow, Jan 13 : Not averse to a post poll alliance with the SP-BSP led Mahagathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh to keep BJP out of the government, Congress on Sunday announced to contest all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
“We would be thankful to any secular party in the country who will defeat BJP, but Congress is the only party, which can lead the campaign against BJP in the national prospect,” said Congress General Secretary and In-charge of Uttar Pradesh Gulam Nahi Azad here, after holding a meeting with the state senior leaders.
Though admitting that at first they wanted to be part of the Mahagathbandhan in UP, but when SP and BSP announced their own alliance, then ‘we are ready to contest the polls alone’.
