Kanpur: Railways Minister and Trinamool
Congress president Mamata Banerjee may have had young Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi in her mind when she said a person from
Uttar Pradesh will be the future of the nation.
Without naming the Gandhi scion or anyone else, she
said at a function here: "In the coming years, a person, who
is from Uttar Pradesh, will be the future of the nation."
The function, where 12 new trains were flagged off, was
attended among others by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
UP is a politically-important state as several former
Prime Ministers like Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri,
Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi hailed from the state, the
Railway Minister said.
"Even UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is from Uttar
Pradesh," she said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 07, 2010, 20:39