Congress Says Will Contest All 80 UP Seats

Preeti Sigh 3781 13 Jan, 2019

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The Congress is planning to gatecrash the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav party in Uttar Pradesh a day after being left out of the coalition. The party is planning to hold 13 rallies in the state and contest all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi will hold 13 rallies in 13 zones in Uttar Pradesh in February. In each zone, six Lok Sabha seats will be identified and Mr Gandhi will hold one rally in each zone, sources said. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and the party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge Raj Babbar met today to finalise the plans. "Everyone knows that parliament fight is between the Congress and the BJP. We'll certainly take the help of like minded-parties and respect such parties who are fighting the BJP," Mr Azad told reporters at a press conference after the meeting. "The Congress will contest all 80 seats of UP in the Lok Sabha elections," Mr Azad was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Rahul Gandhi's rallies will begin from western Uttar Pradesh and the first phase of rallies will be held in Hapur, Moradabad and Saharanpur, sources said.