With his entry, the party has found a place in political conversations in U.P. “If this had been done through the Congress system,” Mr. Singh says, “these forms would have been only distributed where the party has some support. But PK has ensured that they will reach all 901 blocks and a Sonia Gandhi sticker is stuck on every door.”Even ticket aspirants utter PK’s name with enthusiasm. Many even recalled that the Congress had waived loans in 2008 — and so it was a possibility, that they would do it again if voted to power. There is so much factionalism and rivalry that we needed an outsider to state the obvious and carry it through.”

Source: The Hindu September 25, 2016 20:37 UTC