<p>Septuagenarian Ram Sakal has travelled all the way from Kushinagar district, about 325 km from here, only to have a glimpse of newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who, he thinks, "resembles" former prime minister Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p>"Priyanka looks exactly like Indira Gandhi...she has all the qualities, which are needed to become a popular leader...look at the crowd," Ram Sakal, who finds it extremely difficult to stand amid pushing and jostling, said.</p>.<p>"Only she can revive the Congress in Uttar Pradesh," he told Deccan Herald as Priyanka's specially designed bus passed through Alambagh area in the city.</p>.<p>Nirmala Paswan, who hails from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, also echoes a similar sentiment. "We women see in Priyanka someone who can empower us in a real sense," Nirmala said.</p>.<p>A woman, who came from Lakhimpur Kheri district, said that she had not even taken water though she had been standing on the road waiting for Priyanka for the past three-four hours.</p>.<p>"I will drink water only after seeing Priyanka," she said.</p>.<p>While even Priyanka's opponents agreed that she had been able to enthuse the party workers, the political pundits remained sceptical if this enthusiasm would get converted into votes also.</p>.<p>"UP is a large state...Priyanka does not have much time...Congress has no organisation in the state...she has a very tough task at hand," said political analyst J P Shukla.</p>.<p>Shukla said that a Congress revival in the state might "adversely impact" the SP-BSP alliance more than the BJP as there could be a division in the Muslim votes.</p>.<p>Priyanka would be meeting party workers from different Lok Sabha constituencies from the eastern region in the next few days to elicit their views on the potential candidates.</p>.<p>The Congress could win only two seats in 2014 LS polls and seven in the 2017 Assembly elections.</p>
<p>Septuagenarian Ram Sakal has travelled all the way from Kushinagar district, about 325 km from here, only to have a glimpse of newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who, he thinks, "resembles" former prime minister Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p>"Priyanka looks exactly like Indira Gandhi...she has all the qualities, which are needed to become a popular leader...look at the crowd," Ram Sakal, who finds it extremely difficult to stand amid pushing and jostling, said.</p>.<p>"Only she can revive the Congress in Uttar Pradesh," he told Deccan Herald as Priyanka's specially designed bus passed through Alambagh area in the city.</p>.<p>Nirmala Paswan, who hails from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community, also echoes a similar sentiment. "We women see in Priyanka someone who can empower us in a real sense," Nirmala said.</p>.<p>A woman, who came from Lakhimpur Kheri district, said that she had not even taken water though she had been standing on the road waiting for Priyanka for the past three-four hours.</p>.<p>"I will drink water only after seeing Priyanka," she said.</p>.<p>While even Priyanka's opponents agreed that she had been able to enthuse the party workers, the political pundits remained sceptical if this enthusiasm would get converted into votes also.</p>.<p>"UP is a large state...Priyanka does not have much time...Congress has no organisation in the state...she has a very tough task at hand," said political analyst J P Shukla.</p>.<p>Shukla said that a Congress revival in the state might "adversely impact" the SP-BSP alliance more than the BJP as there could be a division in the Muslim votes.</p>.<p>Priyanka would be meeting party workers from different Lok Sabha constituencies from the eastern region in the next few days to elicit their views on the potential candidates.</p>.<p>The Congress could win only two seats in 2014 LS polls and seven in the 2017 Assembly elections.</p>
