Congress to Contest West Bengal Elections Solo on All 294 Seats

• The Congress party announced its decision to contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election independently on all 294 seats.
• The decision was made at a meeting involving top party leadership and senior West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) leaders.
• Key attendees included Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, K C Venugopal, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Subhankar Sarkar, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and Isha Khan Choudhury.
• Ghulam Ahmed Mir stated that contesting solo aims to avoid demoralizing grassroots workers, referencing past alliance failures.
• In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls, an alliance with the Left Front resulted in the Congress failing to win any seats.