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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Sobhana K. Nair

HISTORICAL FACTS: Uttar pradesh elections congress emulates chhattisgarh training module - The Untold Story

Scene at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee office in Lucknow. File (Source: The Hindu)

To revive the defunct Congress organisation in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the elections, the party is emulating the successful training module used in Chhattisgarh. Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, 1.75 lakh workers from 388 assembly constituencies have been trained.

In the 2017 assembly elections, Congress could win only seven seats. It fought the elections in alliance with the Samajwadi Party. Its last credible score in the state was 31 years back in the 1991 elections when it won 46 seats.

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