Deepender Hooda, IANS Interview: Priyanka is a harbinger for change in UP Politics

New Delhi, December 11, 2011 : .

Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda believes that Congress is the principal opposition in Uttar Pradesh poll bound.

The Congress is raising issues for the people under the leadership of Priyanka.Hooda, who is a member of the Congress screening committee for next years Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh along with Jitendra Singh and Varsha Gaikwad, is working closely with Priyanka Gandhi, the party General Secretary in-charge of UP.In an interview with IANS, Hooda talked about how under Priyanka Gandhi, Congress will play a decisive role in state politics and bring about change, first in Uttar Pradesh and then in the country, among a host of other issues.Excerpts from the interview:Q: What impact do you see of the farmers agitation on UP polls?A: The graph of the incumbent government has fallen due to the stubbornness exhibited by the BJP in not taking the farm laws back for a long time.The government will have to pay the price for the struggles of the farmers and the unity shown by them.

Q: Are you part of the planning for the UP elections? What do you think of Congress chances when it seems like the race is between the Samajwadi and the BJPQ: Samajwadi Party may have the numbers, but we have the moral force so to say that we are the main opposition party raising peoples issues under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi.The Congress is fighting for every section of the society in the state.

We will play a decisive role when people vote for change.Q: Congress had said the candidates will be announced early, but no list has come out yet.R: No date was given.As a member the screening committee, we are currently finalizing the applicants.

The list will be announced when it is ready.Q: Many people are queued up outside your residence.What feedback are you getting about Congress prospects?A: As you say, the fact that many people are waiting itself shows how people are enthusiastic about the Congress prospects.Those saying that Congress cant find candidates must come to our screening committee meetings and see how candidates are lined up.As for our prospects, Congress will play a decisive role in state politics and bring about change, first in Uttar Pradesh and then in the country.Q: Would you agree with Priyanka Gandhis Ladki hoon, Lad Sakti Hu’ sloganA: India has always been an equal society, since ancient times.But of late, there has been no work for the empowerment of women.

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