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Rahul Gandhi seeking Lucknow route to Delhi?

Rahul Gandhi seeking Lucknow route to Delhi?

A file photo of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. Premium

A file photo of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

New Delhi: Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s campaign for crucial elections in Uttar Pradesh early next year by signalling that he may be ready to take on a more prominent role than hitherto.

“Kabhi kabhi mujhe lagta hai ki Lucknow aaoon aur aap ki ladai khud ladun (I sometimes feel I should go to Lucknow to fight for you myself)," he said on Monday.

A file photo of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

By showing that he may be willing to become chief minister, Gandhi has also raised the political stakes for himself in a state where the Congress party is running third and is regarded as having little chance of winning the polls.

Gandhi chose Phulpur -- the constituency of Jawaharlal Nehru, his great grandfather and India’s first Prime Minister -- to launch the party’s campaign. He has been critical of the state’s Mayawati-led government over corruption and law and order.

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Published: 14 Nov 2011, 04:45 PM IST
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