Lucknow, Mar 24 (UNI) After a string of poor electoral performances stretching to more than a decade in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is seemingly banking on both turncoats and loyalists to turn the tables in its favour in the coming Lok Sabha p[olls.
The grand old party, which came out with its first list of nine candidates for India's largest state on Saturday, has named six party veterans and three defectors to take on the contestants of the ruling BJP and its allies.
Uttar Pradesh, home to over 234 million people, sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. Congress has fielded former MLA Imran Masood from Saharanpur for the third time. He contested the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls as Congress nominee but failed to taste success. He shifted loyalty and joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) briefly.