Mumbai: Only a person with merit will be brought to power in Congress said Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi at the office-bearers of the Youth Congress at a closed-door meeting in the Bhaidas auditorium in Mumbai on Friday.
“Rahul Gandhi asked the 1,000-odd crowd, how many of us had a political background. When only 10-15 persons raised their hands, he was pleased and said it signifies that the Congress is breaking away from dynastic politics. He said all the delegates are here because of their achievements,” Utkarsha Rupawate, vice-president of the Shirdi Lok Sabha Youth Congress Committee said.
Rahul Gandhi also met members of the college units and the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) from across the State. Both meetings together lasted more than three hours.
“Some delegates asked him why he toured only Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi said this was his first political tour in Maharashtra and he would now keep visiting the districts in the state to review grass-roots work. He will review constituency-wise work,” said Tushar Pote, second year BBA student of SSGM College from Kopargaon.
Rahul Gandhi said that he, along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, would tour Maharashtra extensively for the 2014 Assembly elections.
The delegates are learnt to have brought up the issues of corruption, nepotism, public image and dynastic politics within the party.
Those who attended the meetings said Rahul Gandhi gave them directions to strengthen the party at the grass-roots level. “He told us, we can speak against our own government if it is going wrong. Rahul Gandhi also said that we have to fight for people's problems,” Ms. Rupawate said.
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