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Imran Masood Predicts Congress Turnaround in Uttar Pradesh by 2027
Congress has given Imran Masood a leadership role in Uttar Pradesh.
Masood is a member of Parliament from Saharanpur.
He says Congress can do much better in the state by the 2027 elections.
He says he will put the party’s interests first.
Congress is also discussing a possible election alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
A Congress state leader said the party should get at least 150 seats in that alliance.
Masood said the party leadership will make the final decision about the alliance.
Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan has said Congress would not achieve much by itself in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress appointed Saharanpur MP Imran Masood as its working president in Uttar Pradesh.
Masood said he would work to carry out decisions in the party’s interest.
He predicted Congress would turn around in Uttar Pradesh by the 2027 elections.
A Congress state leader said the party would seek at least 150 seats in a 2027 alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
Masood said alliance details would be decided by party leadership, while Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan had argued Congress could achieve little on its own in Uttar Pradesh.
- Who
- Imran Masood, a Congress MP from Saharanpur, and the Congress party.
- What
- Masood was appointed Congress’s working president in Uttar Pradesh and predicted a party turnaround by 2027.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India.
- When
- The appointment was announced on Friday; the article is dated October 2.
- Why
- Masood said he had been entrusted with responsibility by party leadership and would work in the party’s interest.
Congress's position
Samajwadi Party perspective
Potential 2027 alliance
Congress's position
Congress state in-charge Rajendra Gautam said the party would seek at least 150 seats in an alliance with the Samajwadi Party. Masood said the leadership would decide the final terms.
Samajwadi Party perspective
The article reports that Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan said Congress would not achieve much on its own in Uttar Pradesh; it does not give a specific Samajwadi Party position on the 150-seat demand.
Leadership against the BJP
Congress's position
Masood had described Rahul Gandhi as the only leader across the country capable of taking on the BJP.
Samajwadi Party perspective
Iqra Hasan responded by pitching Akhilesh Yadav as the only leader in Uttar Pradesh who could check the BJP.
Key facts
- Appointment
- Imran Masood was named Congress working president in Uttar Pradesh.
- Masood's constituency
- Saharanpur
- Election year discussed
- 2027
- Congress seat demand
- UP in-charge Rajendra Gautam said Congress would not settle for fewer than 150 seats in a 2027 alliance with the Samajwadi Party.
- Alliance decision
- Masood said the party leadership would make the final call.
- Samajwadi Party response
- MP Iqra Hasan said Congress would not be able to achieve much on its own in Uttar Pradesh.
Quotes
Imran Masood
Saharanpur MP and Congress working president in Uttar Pradesh
“I don’t know all that. But if my party’s UP in-charge has quoted a number, we will stand by it. But then please remember alliance details are not going to be finalised over such phone calls. The party leadership will take a final call, and we will go by what the party says.”
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“The party’s interest will be paramount. If I have been tasked with a responsibility, I will try my best to live up to the trust reposed in me by the leadership.”
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