Rahul Gandhi's pet project runs into pet-plot hurdle
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22/08/2008
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Business Standard (New Delhi)
LANDING IN TROUBLE
Saubhadra Chatterji / Semrota (uttar Pradesh) August 22, 2008, 1:01 IST
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Bhupinder Singh Hooda should take heart. They are not alone in facing political storms over their governments' land acquisition efforts.
Congress' star general secretary, Rahul Gandhi, too, got the rough edge of his constituency's tongue when, during a free-wheeling interaction in Amethi, his voters berated him for eyeing their land, even if for development.
Although the protest was nothing compared with the violent agitations of West Bengal and Haryana, it is significant that even the loyal voters of the Gandhi family can bring up the issue of land acquisition.
The project in question is a pet of the Gandhi family and a prestigious one for the Rae Bareli constituency