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New Delhi: Congress is considering a change in its earlier strategy not to go for alliances in certain states in the changed political scenario.Senior opposition leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee and Chandrababu Naidu have been requesting Congress to go for an alliance in Delhi with Aam Aadmi Party and with Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. The party is also talking to the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in UP to become part of it.On February 13 meeting of opposition leaders at NCP leader Sharad Pawar’s residence in Delhi, everyone advised Congress president Rahul Gandhi to forge an alliance with AAP in Delhi. However Rahul didn’t commit and was firm that party would contest in Delhi alone. AAP in the past had shown willingness to forge an alliance with Congress.However opposition leaders including Congress realise BJP has an edge post the air strike in Pakistan and they need to fight together to defeat the BJP. On February 26 meeting of opposition leaders in Delhi, a conversation between Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Chandrababu Naidu was enough to ensure Rahul went for a re-think.On February 28, Delhi Congress in-charge P C Chako met Delhi Congress president Sheila Dixit at her house to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Congress and AAP. On Friday Dixit called a meeting of senior party leaders from Delhi to discuss the alliance and everyone was of the view that party should contest alone. “There is no question of an alliance with AAP. Congress will contest alone,” Dixit told ET. But the fact that she was asked to gauge the mood of party leaders from the high command indicates that at the top the party is considering to ally with AAP. “State unit is completely against an alliance. We don’t know yet.Let’s see,” said a Congress leader privy to the discussion. Similarly in West Bengal, the party is relooking at aligning with Mamata Banarjee’s Trinamool. Options are being explored within the party. Mamata had already said on February 13 that opposition parties will form a pre-poll alliance and have a common minimum programme.Congress has prepared a list of 26 seats in UP, where the party thinks it can either win or do well.In UP, Congress has renewed talks with Samajwadi Party over an adjustment with the SP-BSPRLD alliance. “Akhilesh is playing the pivotal role and he talks to BSP leader Mayawati over adjustment,” said a UP Congress leader. Currently there is no communication between Congress and the BSP and party general secretary in-charge of East UP, Priyanka Gandhi is likely to call BSP leader Mayawati in coming days. “This would just be a courtesy call,” said the Congress leader. Priyanka was supposed to go to UP on February 2, but the programme has been cancelled for now.Mamata Banerjee had said on Feb 13 that opposition parties will form a pre-poll alliance and have a common minimum programme.Congress has prepared a list of 26 seats in UP with the help of its data analytics department, where party thinks it can either win or do well. 17 seats are in A list, which the party thinks can win and nine seats are in Blist where more work is needed.