CHANDIGARH: Two students of Panjab University who were scheduled to meet Rahul Gandhi on Thursday could not enjoy a formal chat with the young leader, who was on an election tour. But all was not lost for the youngsters as they ended up having an hour-long discussion with human resource development minister Kapil Sibal at his office in New Delhi. Shivani Negi of School of Communication Studies and Barindrer Dhillon, a law student, were invited by Rahul for a meeting over the issue of PU central status. The two had brought up the matter with the AICC general secretary during a campus interaction. On Thursday, six more students, including president of PU Campus Students’ Council Amit Bhatia, had accompanied the two. ‘‘We met the HRD minister and tabled all the points in front of him. We explained how central status could prove helpful for the varsity,’’ said Dhillon.
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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