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Umbrella coalition

The Congress is pursuing pre-poll alliances with the BSP, Samajwadi Party and Gondwana Gantantra Party to consolidate the anti-BJP vote By Rahul Noronha.

The Madhya Pradesh assembly elections later this year could see the Congress contest in a pre-poll alliance with three other opposition parties-the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP)-in a bid to prevent a division of the anti-BJP vote.

It's not official yet, but the state Congress leadership, after initial discussions, appears

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