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PATNA, JAN 7: The Congress would contest the Bihar Assembly polls on its own, AICC general secretary Mohsina Kidwai said here on Thursday.
She told newspersons that her party would have no alliance for the coming Assembly elections in the state and had decided to contest all the 324 seats. Kidwai, who is also incharge of state affairs, admitted that the selection of candidates would be a difficult task which, however, would be done at the earliest. She felt that the contest in the Jharkhand region would essentially be a straight one against the BJP-led front, while it would be a triangular one elsewhere.
Apprehending violence and malpractices during the polls, she urged the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections in the state.
She regretted that the state had 8220;failed8221; to improve in any field during the past 10 years. Kidwai claimed that developmental work in the states ruled by non-Congress governments was zero, adding that Bihar was a classic example of a situation where law and orderhad collapsed. The state was reeling under unemployment, all sugar mills were closed and other industries were languishing, she pointed out. She said the Congress alone could bring the state back on the development track.
Charging the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh with destabilising the unity and secular network of the country, Kidwai said that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre had failed to initiate effective steps to check growing ISI activities in the country and control transborder terrorism and militancy, which had led to the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane.
