Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has spent another night in a Dalit village near Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, he had spent nights in other Dalit villages of UP. Even, British Foreign Secretary David Milliband once joined Rahul and spent a night in a village in UP to get a feel about poverty in India. Rahul Gandhi has political ambitions and he wants Congress to return to power in UP, now controlled by Dalit leader Mayawati. However, Rahul says that his stay in villages is really meant to understand the problems that the poor face.
RAMANATHAPURAM: Lauding the Tamil Nadu model as better than the Gujarat model, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he was happy that Congress was fighting the elections alone in Tamil Nadu and hoped the party would capture power in the state in 2016. Addressing a public meeting to seek votes for the party candidate S Thirunavukkarasar at coastal Ramanathapuram district a day before election campaigning comes to an end in the state, Rahul hit out at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for projecting Gujarat as an ideal state. Rahul heaped praises on Tamil Nadu's development. "Tamil Nadu has shown what Tamil people are capable of. Modi talks about Gujarat model. Maybe, he should come here and take a look at TN model" Rahul said. Rahul said that the country "does not need a government that makes Hindus fight Muslims." "You must ensure that a secular government comes to power at the Centre," he said. "We don
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