Congress on Thursday announced to contest all 294 seats alone in the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls, clearly ruling out an alliance with any party.
A high-level meeting of the Congress party was held
in New Delhi, in which top leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal unit chief Subhankar Sarkar and General Secretary and West Bengal in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir were present.
After the meeting, Mir announced the party’s decision to contest the Bengal polls on its own.
“By joining hands with the Left and other parties, our cadres were feeling demoralised. Therefore, this time all leaders have decided to contest the elections alone. Our workers, cadres and supporters want us to fight on all seats,” Mir said.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Congress joined hands with Left parties. However the alliance failed to win a single seat.
Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress to a landslide victory, winning 213 out of 294 seats while the BJP secured 77 seats.
