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Congress Not a Beggar, Needs Over 150 Seats: Imran Masood's Blunt Message to Akhilesh
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News18•04-10-2026, 09:45
Congress Not a Beggar, Needs Over 150 Seats: Imran Masood's Blunt Message to Akhilesh
- •Imran Masood stated that Congress is not a beggar in UP but an ally, demanding over 150 seats.
- •He claimed that Samajwadi Party won 37 seats in the UP Lok Sabha elections because of Congress.
- •Masood warned of losses if seat-sharing between Congress and Samajwadi Party is not finalized by October.
- •He asserted that Congress can contest elections alone in UP and highlighted the difference between 2017 and 2027 elections.
- •Masood emphasized that politics is a game of perception and Congress, as a national party, aims to form a government in UP.
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Congress leader Imran Masood stated that Congress is an ally rather than a beggar and is demanding more than 150 seats for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
Due to seat-sharing struggles with the Samajwadi Party ahead of the assembly elections, Congress removed Ajay Rai as state president, appointed Aradhana Mishra to the role, and named Imran Masood as the working president.
Imran Masood claimed that the Samajwadi Party won 37 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections because of the Congress and the influence of Rahul Gandhi, pointing out that the Congress itself won 6 seats.
