All alliances will be stitched "very soon", Congress said today signalling that urgent decisions are on the cards with Lok Sabha polls are just three months away.
Party spokesman Randip Surjewala did not elaborate on the remarks concerning alliances while talking to reporters, insisting that it was for the committee headed by senior leader A K Antony to decide the issue.
A number of parties including Lalu Prasad's RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP are seeking alliance with the Congress in Bihar while a section of partymen are making a strong pitch for a tie-up with Mayawati's BSP in Uttar Pradesh.
Mayawati used her birthday speech last week to rule out alliance with any party insisting that BSP will contest the Lok Sabha elections alone this year.
Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad recently had a meeting with DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai amid talk of revival of alliance with the Dravidian party. DMK was part of the Congress-led UPA till a year back.
An alliance with Mayawati's BSP and Lalu Prasad's RJD in the next Lok Sabha polls is expected to brighten Congress prospects in the key states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, together which have 120 seats in the Lower House.
The thinking is that if such an alliance which also involved Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP was stitched together, the party would also benefit in Jharkhand which has 14 Lok Sabha seats, besides the ripple effect benefit in states like Haryana and Punjab.
The recent crushing defeat in four states has forced the Congress to fast-track its decisions on firming up alliances.
While its partnership with the NCP, National Conference and Ajit Singh's RLD appears set to continue, the party is hoping that the DMK will eventually come back to the UPA.
Reports had it that Manpreet Singh Badal's Peoples Party of Punjab and All India United Democratic Front of Badruddin Ajmal in Assam could be other allies.
The AICC meeting held here last week gave a clear signal of continuing the strategy of unity of secular forces.
Congress had resorted to coalition politics at the Centre by favouriong unity of secular forces at its Shimla Conclave in 2003.
The strategy ensured power for Congress via the UPA route in May 2004 by ousting the BJP-led NDA. It was the first experiment of Congress of sharing power at the Centre.
