On the campaign trail with Rahul & Sonia
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday stepped up his offensive against the Mulayam Singh Yadav government and suggested that it is time it went.
A day before campaigning ends in Rae Bareli, Rahul, who has been campaigning for his mother Sonia Gandhi, running for re-election, refrained from predicting whether the Rae Bareli poll outcome will be a catalyst for such a change.
"If the government is not doing any work, it is time for change," he said.
However, to a question whether the outcome of the May 8 by-polls will be a catalyst to the change, he parried a direct reply and said, "I am not a soothsayer.”
Asked how he foresaw polling on May 8, he said it will depend on three factors-distance of polling booths from villages, heat and marriage season.
On whether caste will play a big factor in the post-Mandal era, Rahul said "It is a factor but not an important one."
Text: PTI. Photographs: AFP/Getty Images
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