In an attempt to reach out to the locals ahead of provincial assembly polls, Gandhi scion and Congress party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (November 01) visited village in Chandauli district of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Rahul Gandhi paid a surprise visit to the holy shrine of Guru Ravidas Maharaj at the holy city of Varanasi in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday (November 01).
Gandhi's visit was not announced in advance and no mediapersons were allowed to report the event.
The Gandhi scion sat among the villagers and patiently heard their grievances.
Media reports said that after staying in the district, his entourage moved to Mirzapur district in the state.
Political speculations are rife that Gandhi's visit is aimed to garner sympathy from the marginalised section of north India as he visited the shrine of one of their traditional patron saints.
Also some see it as a direct challenge to Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Mayawati's hold over the marginalised sections in the state, during the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
The polls to the legislature of Uttar Pradesh, scheduled in the early part of 2012, are seen as an opportunity for the Congress party to re-establish a firm political base in the country's fifth largest and most populous state, before the 2014 general elections to the federal parliament.
Rahul Gandhi is determined to give a tough fight to the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Uttar Pradesh provincial assembly polls.
His visit to various parts of the state focused equally on the lower caste Dalits, Muslims, socially backward classes and marginalised Hindus.
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In an attempt to reach out to the locals ahead of the provincial assembly polls, Gandhi family scion and Congress party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi visits villages in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.
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CHANDAULI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (NOVEMBER 01, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. HUTS ON ROADSIDE
2. LOCALS GATHERED AROUND CARS IN A VILLAGE
3. RAHUL GANDHI, GENERAL SECRETARY OF INDIA'S RULING CONGRESS PARTY INTERACTING WITH LOCALS
4. LOCALS SHOUTING SLOGANS IN SUPPORT OF GANDHI
5. GANDHI STANDING
6. GANDHI SITTING IN A PUBLIC MEETING
7. WOMEN SITTING ON THE FLOOR DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING
8. GANDHI LISTENING TO A LOCAL DURING THE MEETING
9. LOCALS STANDING DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING
10. PREMISES OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL
11. GANDHI ADDRESSING THE LOCALS
12. GANDHI LISTENING TO A LOCAL DURING THE MEETING
13. SECURITY PERSONNEL PRESENT ON THE SPOT
14. GANDHI TALKING TO A LOCAL
15. GANDHI SITTING INSIDE HIS CAR
16. CAR LEAVING THE SPOT
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