My priority is restoring lost trust: MP Congress President Kamal Nath

'People in the state feel they've been taken for a ride over the past 18 years. MP is the most corrupt state in the country, and its people are either victims of corruption or witnesses to it'

KAMAL NATH, the Congress candidate for chief minister (CM) in Madhya Pradesh (MP), shares his election strategy with Aditi Phadnis in the following edited excerpts from their interview:

How confident are you that you will be the one to meet the governor to form the government in December, rather than Shivraj Singh Chouhan? What makes you so confident?
 

I am confident because I’ve spared no effort. This contest isn’t just against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but also against the BJP’s organisation. I’ve spent the last four years building our organisation here.

Politics has evolved significantly, even over the past