After debacle in cowbelt, party tells local leaders to give wide berth in wards held by Sena, NCP; earlier plan was to contest alone
Mumbai Congress President Bhai Jagtap still feels the Congress should contest solo. File pic
After the debacle in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress appears to have softened its stand for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. The party initially maintained that it would contest all seats separately, but post the BJP’s landslide victory recently in UP, its leaders have been asked not to concentrate on wards that are currently with the Shiv Sena and the NCP.