The reordered parliamentary constituency of Barabanki resembles a bust and I passed through its neck—thin compared to the rest of the body but important nonetheless. The kind of support P.L. Punia commands in the region I traversed can be safely extrapolated to say that he has a bright chances of a second innings. However, the farther I went from Barabanki city, the more ambivalent people became; especially villagers.