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Allahabad, April 08: Defending the Congress' decision to go it alone in states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said the party would have been better off if it had taken the decision a year earlier.
"We realised a bit late that walking with the help of crutches will only cripple the party. Had the decision to go it alone been taken a year before the elections, the situation would have been different and much more in favour of the Congress", the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister told reporters here.
He also said that Congress was a party which did not believe in "playing politics over dead bodies (lashon ki siyasat) by dividing the society to create vote banks".
Earlier, addressing a public meeting, Azad said the Congress has proven its commitment towards the welfare of minorities by introducing reservations in government jobs for the social group in states like Kerala and Karnataka while it was in power there and in Andhra Pradesh which is now under its rule.
The former union minister pointed out the party's promise of "reservation to the extent of 16-17 per cent for the minorities in government jobs across the country" in its manifesto.
Azad also underscored the party's commitment to all-round welfare of the society citing a number of schemes including the Right to Education launched by the UPA Government.
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