If Obama can become prez, I can too: Sangma

May 26, 2012 17:53

Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is considered an underdog in the Presidential race, today pinned his hopes on the "big number of hidden votes".

"We have (the case of) Barack Obama...Nobody thought a black man would ever occupy the White House. If a black man can become the President of America, why can't an Adivasi become the President of India," said the NCP leader, whose party has refused to back him for the Presidential race.

Interacting with the members of the Indian Women's Press Corp, Sangma said he "hopes" that a consensus would evolve on his candidature as "neither the UPA nor the NDA has numbers ... Besides there are a big number of hidden votes, you never know."

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