Moradabad: Buoyed by the party's success in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on October 24 said the Congress' fortunes would soon change in Uttar Pradesh too as the people were "fed up with the misrule" of the Centre and state governments.

"I thank the people of Jammu and Kashmir for supporting the Congress in the state, I am confident that Uttar Pradesh would also follow suit as people are fed up of the misrule of the present governments in Centre and state," Gandhi said addressing senior party workers in Moradabad.

Attacking the NDA (National democratic Alliance) government, Gandhi said, "They just want to remain in power and the issues like poverty and corruption were of no concern to them."

"The Central and the BSP-BJP government in Uttar Pradesh had no right to continue in office," she said.

Stating that she had "full faith in the people of the country", the Congress president said that "if the situation could change in Jammu and Kashmir, it could also change in Uttar Pradesh".

Senior Congress leaders Motilal Vora, Mohsina Kidwai, Subodh Kant Sahai and UPCC (Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee) president Arun Kumar Singh were also present at the meeting.

PTI