Congress’ decision to go solo in the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election is an attempt to reclaim the ideological and organisational space it has either given up or compromised for allies in the past. The party has given freedom to its local units across the state to choose their allies from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for the upcoming local body election or to go solo, if required.

“The local unit of Mumbai wanted to contest this civic poll independently. We have given them the permission to do so. We did compromise during Lok Sabha and assembly and now the office-bearers feel that the election should be fought using our own strength. There’s nothing wrong in it,” Ramesh Chennithala, Maharashtra Congress in-charge told The Indian Express .

Chennithala said that de

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