Mumbai, Oct. 22 -- Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap on Wednesday said that the party should contest the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections independently of an alliance.

While Congress is part of the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP), Bhai Jagtap expressed his desire for the party to contest the civic polls independently.

He also stated that the final call will be taken by the party's high command.

The Congress leader told reporters, "I said we should contest alone. I'm not the only one saying this; our Political Affairs Committee also says that this is a fight between the workers (of several parties), and Congress should fight alone. We have ...