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The Congress said it will fight the elections in Uttar Pradesh on its own.
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said the party will have no pre-poll alliance with the BSP or Samajwadi Party for the elections due next year.
The Congress has been eyeing a comeback in Uttar Pradesh, with general secretary Rahul Gandhi laying special emphasis on the state. After a prolonged dry phase, the party won several seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
By sending Captain Satish Sharma to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, the Congress top leadership is learnt to have created a channel to get independent feedback from the state, where ambitions of state leaders have sharpened groupism in the party.
Since he is an old loyalist of the Gandhi family, it is also hoped that his presence in Uttar Pradesh will serve to keep the groupism in check.
Sources said the Congress had initially considered Sharma’s name for the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh, but it was decided to move him to UP in view of the next Assembly elections, which…