‘Congress keeping an open mind on alliance for UP polls’

Priyanka Gandhi addresses a press conference at the party office in Lucknow. File pic/PTI

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said her party is "open-minded" about forging an alliance with other political parties for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Asked whether the Congress will go it alone on all the 403 assembly seats in the state or align with some political party, Vadra told reporters, "It is too early to say."

On whether she is ruling out an alliance, she said, "I do not rule it out. We are absolutely not closed-minded. We are keeping an open mind." "Our aim is to defeat the BJP," she said, adding that other political parties should also be "open-minded".

Meanwhile, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday announced the launch of a campaign from Ayodhya to reach out to Brahmin voters and assured the community that its interests will be safeguarded if her party comes to power.

Mayawati said she is fully confident that the members of the "Brahmin community will not get misled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)" and will vote for her party in the upcoming elections. "A campaign, led by BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, will be started from Ayodhya on July 23 to awaken the Brahmin community once again.

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