Highlights of Rahul Gandhi's speech in Phulpur

Phulpur: Rahul Gandhi kickstarted the Congress campaign for next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in Phulpur, near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh from where his great grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, had won his first Lok Sabha seat.

Here's are the highlights of his speech:

• My grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru showed the way of progress to the state from here; today, UP is being ruled by the mafia
• The people of UP taught me that a leader belongs to his people, he should visit them and listen to their problems
• A leader should be aware of the ground realities, to see how poor the people living in his constituency are - he should eat at their place to see what they eat, he should stay in their place to see how they live there