Rahul Gandhi interacts with students at AMU

On Monday, Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary's visited the Aligarh Muslim University, where he met potential Youth Congress candidates. (NDTV Photo)

Select students were allowed into the auditorium to hear Gandhi's speech, and to ask him questions. Screens outside the auditorium broadcast the interaction for the rest of the campus. (NDTV Photo)

The Congress general secretary continues to look for a new generation of leaders. A girl student asked when the country would have a Muslim Prime Minister and Gandhi lobbed the ball right back to her saying: "You need to step up and be leaders." (NDTV Photo)

Rahul then pointed out that Manmohan Singh was a Sikh prime minister. He was not PM because he was a Sikh, but because he was the most capable person for that post, he said. "It's not about your religion, it's about what you bring to the table." He said when a Muslim became PM, he would be the PM of the whole country. (NDTV Photo)

He said he grew up in a family where caste, religion were irrelevant. "I don't see caste, I see Indians..." He did, however, stress that the participation of people in politics was important. "Idea of leadership I get from Gandhi...to create leaders. All of you have a vision and we need that." (NDTV Photo)

He said he was looking into the Sachar Committee recommendations, adding that the situation improved when political participation of community increased.

He also promised to take up the problems of minority institutions with the Prime Minister. (NDTV Photo)