Guwahati, July 11 -- The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has announced that it will contest in 35 out of 126 seats in the upcoming Assam Assembly elections.

AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam told ANI that the party has decided to go solo this time in the elections.

"... We will fight in 35 seats, and we will go solo this time. Recently, our party MLAs discussed this with our party chief, Badruddin Ajmal. We are preparing for the upcoming assembly polls... All opposition parties should jointly fight against the BJP... Congress or any other party does not have that kind of support to defeat the BJP alone... If Congress thinks of an alliance in the state, AIUDF will definitely consider it," Islam said.

When asked about a possible alliance ...