As its footprint shrinks, Cong pins hopes on Guj & HP polls

Pressure On Raj & C’garh CMs To Deliver In ’23

- Subodh Ghildiyal

New Delhi: Congress has three state governments as junior allies of regional parties, one more than full-fledged governments of its own, in what is evidence of the party’s rapidly shrinking national footprint and dwindling popular support.

Congress is a supporting party in the JMM government in Jharkhand and Uddhav Thackeray regime in Maharashtra. It is a political ally of DMK in Tamil Nadu but is not part of the ministry headed by CM MK Stalin. In stark contrast, the party has its own governments only in Chhattisgarh (headed by Bhupesh Baghel) and Rajasthan (under Ashok Gehlot).