Congress top brass to hold consultations on post poll strategy

A senior party leader had floated the idea of an “enlarged” UPA-III taking on board new allies and keeping open the issue of leadership to stop Modi from becoming the Prime Minister.

“All options are on the table and no option is off the table. It all depends upon the numbers we get and the BJP gets and the margin between them,” a senior party leader, who declined to be identified, had said echoing the sentiments of a section of the party.

Another section, however, is advocating that the party should sit in the opposition if it comes out with reduced numbers.

The argument of this section is that in such a situation the party can come up the winner on its own in the next Lok Sabha elections.