Will Twenty20’s ‘subsidy politics’ succeed?

Despite a unique price support system implemented by the outfit, critics term membership card a mark of loyalty

Will a localised appeal built on providing essentials at highly subsidised prices and a revamped housing project at Kizhakkambalam, which launched the Anna Kitex-backed Twenty20 to power four panchayats in Ernakulam district, be enough to see it through in the Assembly elections? The outfit is contesting from eight constituencies where squad work is done by scores of women, men, and children transported to these areas by bus from Kizhakkambalam. Some like Sangeetha Madhu, who works with and campaigns for Twenty20, believe that the outfit’s victory in any constituency would mean that the “people of that area have won the lottery.”