What left Rahul red-faced in Rajasthan?

Jaipur, November 25: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had to face an embarrassing moment during an interaction with students in Kota on Tuesday. "Why is there such a large number of children of politicians in the Congress and that too at high positions?" asked one student. Rahul said the party will constitute a committee to look into the issue. When another student questioned the rationale behind quotas in a "democratic country", the leader asked the general category youths to not look at limited opportunities stemming out of reservations. "You should demand increased opportunities for yourselves," he said. Rahul said there were two conflicting opinions on the issue of reservation and hoped the country would soon have a unanimous take on it.

He also parried a query on quota in the IITs. Rahul also avoided replying to whether he would marry an Indian or a foreigner. The students were dissatisfied because the interaction was too brief - it lasted around 20 minutes. They also complained Rahul avoided key questions. During his interaction with a group of Youth Congress candidates for the upcoming elections, a member drew Rahul's attention to irregularities in distribution of the tickets. Rahul said to get rid of the problem, the party had decided to have elections at all levels. "From now on, there would not be imposition of the candidates from above," he said. The tour is a part of Rahul's mission to "reach out to the youth and the underprivileged". On Tuesday, he covered four districts - Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Udaipur and Barmer. He will reach Jaipur on Wednesday after visiting Jodhpur and Bikaner.