February 26, 1977 UTTAR PRADESH Congress's Shaken Confidence Shashi Bhushan THE Congress in UP approaches the elections with diminished confidence after the emergence of the Congress for Democracy (CFD), While the rich peasant votes in western UP are likely to go to Janata party because of Charan Singh, the CFD will definitely wrest from the Congress a large number of lower class votes in the entire state, particularly in its eastern part. The rich peasants of the western districts wield considerable influence on the other sections of rural society as well.
