LUCKNOW, July 5 -- Not just the Congress but others too need an alliance in Uttar Pradesh to win the election, said former Uttar Pradesh Congress president Raj Babbar on Saturday.

"The alliance isn't just Congress's responsibility but others too have to be in it equally," said Babbar.

Raj Babbar came to preside over the oath-taking ceremony of newly appointed district and city unit office-bearers of the Lucknow Congress. Babbar was UP Congress president in July 2016 and was replaced by Aj Kumar Lallu in October 2019 after he resigned.

"They should be in it (alliance) if they want to defeat the opponent you are contesting elections against, and you want to be the power to defeat them," he said without taking the name of the Bharatiya Ja...