Amethi: Already in the midst of a bitter row between BSP and Congress, Rahul Gandhi on Friday took potshots at the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh over the deteriorating electricity situation the state.
"There is place for statues and elephants (BSP symbol) but there should also be space for development and electricity," Rahul said, in an apparent reference to the controversy over erection of memorials for Kanshi Ram and statues of Mayawati in different parts of the state.
On a thanksgiving trip to his constituency in Amethi, Rahul spoke of the need for Congress to come to power there but avoided comments on the raging row over his party's state unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's comments on the chief minister.
Against the backdrop of protests and police action in his constituency over serious power shortage, he said, "If you want power you should have a Congress government in Lucknow. In three years you have to form a Congress government in Lucknow. Then I will be able to respond to questions on power.
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