Amethi (Uttar Pradesh): Hoping to “re-motivate” party workers in his parliamentary constituency, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Monday on a three-day visit, his first after the party’s defeat in the state assembly elections.
A senior Congress leader said that Rahul Gandhi wanted to “re-motivate party workers” at the grassroots level “who are feeling lost ever since the Samajwadi Party romped home to power”.
He said the party has been jolted by the poll results, which saw the Samajwadi Party defeating the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress winning just 28 of the 403 assembly seats. Now, Rahul Gandhi was asking the party activists to forget “what had happened and instead focus on things to come”, the Congress leader told IANS.
Soon after his arrival in Amethi, Rahul drove through the town in a white SUV, the window panes down and air-conditioning off, smiling at the passers-by.
The party general secretary, often referred to as “Yuvraj”, would be holding meetings with local workers to try and ascertain what caused the party’s rout in the family bastions of Amethi and Rae Bareli. (IANS)