With Raj Babbar winning the Firozabad Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress termed it as a "beginning" of people's faith in the party in Uttar Pradesh and said it will form the next government in the state.

"I congratulate people of Firozabad who gave a decisive result. This is the beginning of people's faith in Congress. We are confident that Congress will form a government in UP after the next assembly polls," AICC General Secretary in charge of UP Digvijay Singh told reporters in New Delhi.

He said the next electoral battle in the state will be between Congress and BSP. "BJP and SP are nowhere. BJP's base has been eroded and SP is nowhere," he said.

The Congress leader, however, downplayed poor performance of the party in the assembly bypolls, in which it won only one seat out of the 11, saying they are not indicative of any trend.

He said in assembly bypolls, ruling party wins and it does not indicate any wave. "May be we were not so attentive as we were in Firozabad," he said.

Congress candidate Raj Babbar defeated SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Dimple by 85,343 votes.