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Is Rahul Gandhi's Night Stay In Dalit Villages A Reality-Check Or A Gimmick?

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.