Thiruvananthapuram: Losing polls five times as an independent, Kalandan Haji is back in the fray in his home constituency Vatakara for the April 16 Lok Sabha
elections with a wild dream of becoming the Prime Minister as he believes he would be accepted to all parties in a hung Parliament.
"Who else other than me would be acceptable to all parties when there is going to be a hung Parliament," Haji said.
Haji, who hit the campaign trail ahead of the contestants from mainstream parties, expects that the climate was conducive for a miracle to happen this time compared to
2004, when he polled slightly over 3,000 votes.
With an avid zest for elections, he plans to distribute to voters his manifesto, which promises a constitutional amendment to ban people with criminal background from contesting polls.
Now in his 60s, Haji is no novice to politics though he has little respect for politicians of the day. As a young man, he worked in the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), but left it over policy differences.
Later, he joined the Swatantra Party launched by C Rajagopalachari, and, after its "demise" had a stint in the Kerala Congress before quitting party politics for ever.
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