Congress to contest West Bengal polls alone, won’t ally with Left Front

The Congress on Thursday said that it will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls alone, instead of in alliance with the Left parties.

The party’s state in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir said that the Congress will contest all 294 seats independently.

“Electors in Bengal and workers in the state have the aspiration of fighting alone this time,” Mir said. “We entered into an alliance with the Left Front earlier but that did not boost the morale of the party workers at the ground level,”

Assembly elections in the state are expected to be held by April.

कांग्रेस के शीर्ष नेतृत्व के साथ पश्चिम बंगाल प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी के नेताओं की बैठक हुई।

बैठक में पश्चिम बंगाल में होने वाले चुनाव से जुड़ी महत्वपूर्ण रणनीतिक चर्चा हुई, जिसमें सभी ने अपने सुझाव दिए हैं।

सभी से चर्चा के बाद तय हुआ है कि पश्चिम बंगाल में कांग्रेस सभी 294 सीटों… pic.twitter.com/yPRe9l5yKZ— Congress (@INCIndia) February 5, 2026

The decision was taken after discussions between the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee and the party’s top leadership at a meeting at the official residence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Delhi, The Times of India reported.

The decision marks a break from the Congress’s alliance with the Left during the 2016 and 2021 Assembly as well as the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

In the 2016 Assembly elections, the...

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