Congress will win in UP: Rahul

Thiruvananthpuram/Kochi, Oct. 7: Unfazed by UP chief minister Mayawati’s criticism, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he will continue with his visits to dalit homes telling her if she doesn’t like it “my apologies to her”.
On a visit to Kerala to strengthen the party’s youth wings, Mr Gandhi expressed confidence that Congress will come to power in UP but did not want to hazard a guess on when it will happen. “I can guarantee that this is going to happen and people are going to be proud of the Congress government in the state,” he said. Chiding Ms Mayawati for ridiculing his visits to dalit households as a political stunt, Gandhi said, “If she doesn’t like it, my apologies to her”.
The Congress general secretary brushed aside criticism that his visits to dalit households were aimed at wooing them for political purposes, saying he doesn’t subscribe to the caste system and his aim was to reach out to the poor people.
“I personally don’t believe in the caste system ... I go to a human being’s house and not a dalit’s house,” he told reporters here. Mr Gandhi said if he went to a tea vendor, he doesn’t ask whether that person is a dalit.
Meanwhile, Mr Gandhi, who arrived at Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram to interact with college students, made an unscheduled visit to the St. Teresas women’s college. Addressing the students, her said that his advice to “budding politicians” is that they should “just listen to people and ask questions”.
When a student, Monisha Titus, a first year MA student wanted to know his advice to “budding politicians”, Mr Gandhi said “just listen to people and ask questions”.
Dressed in jeans and shirt different from his usual attire of white Kurta and pyjamas, Mr Gandhi was greeted by the students and teachers with a bouquet.

Source::DC