Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said his party's primary aim in Uttar Pradesh is to defeat the BJP and where it does not have a strong candidate, it is giving help to the SP or BSP. Whether it is BSP, SP, or Congress, a secular formation is winning," Rahul Gandhi said in an interview toa news channel n Rajasthan's Chomu. Asked if the Congress was dividing the anti-BJP vote in the state, he said: "No, where we do not have a strong candidate, we are giving help to the SP or BSP. And the gathbandhan and Congress party are going to clean UP up," he asserted. On why the alliance in UP could not materialise, Rahul Gandhi said the SP and BSP felt they don't have to ally with the Congress.

Source: dna May 02, 2019 18:56 UTC