Lucknow, June 18 -- As the political battlefield heats up for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, the Congress has decided that its district-level committees will have the last say in ticket distribution to its MLA hopefuls. This decision was taken at a review meeting aimed at strengthening the party at the organisational level.

UPCC spokesperson Anshu Awasthi said, "Today, on the fourth day, a review meeting for districts (Siddharth Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Basti, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Deoria, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, Ayodhya and Ambedkar Nagar) under the Purvanchal Zone was held. All India Congress Committee general secretary and its Uttar Pradesh in-charge Avinash Pande, state Congress president and former min...