Rahul Gandhi :: The Future of India

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Reaching out



The crowd-puller that he is, Mr Gandhi's road trips are reportedly a nightmare for his security staff. He is known to frequently break his Special Protection Group cordon and mix with the people. He has climbed trains, stopped for meals at restaurants, made halts to shake hands or have a short chat.

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Jolted in Bihar



Rahul Gandhi carried the UP experiment to Bihar next door. He started from the grassroots and toured the state extensively. Bihar was unimpressed and gave the Congress just 4 out of 243 assembly seats in the state elections. Down from 10 in the previous election. It was Nitish Kumar all the way.

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Daredevilry at Bhatta Parsaul



Rahul Gandhi took the Mayawati government by storm during the Bhatta Parsaul farmers' protests against land acquisition. He made a dramatic entry into the village, dodging the police by riding pillion on a farmer's motorbike early morning. By late night, a nervous administration arrested him.

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UP a distant dream



The UP elections were Rahul's show all the way; he scripted the Congress' election strategy and toured the state tirelessly, also pulling out the party's biggest guns for the campaign. But the state handed him a humiliating defeat, picking 39-year-old Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party instead.

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Calling the shots



Despite much pressure and many invites from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Gandhi has chosen not to join the government. But his imprint on the refurbished Team Manmohan is unmistakable - in the new faces inducted and those promoted in the October 2012 reshuffle.

[Dark Saint Alaick]

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