Rahul Gandhi's padyatra: Mission 2012?

Over the last four days, Congress' Rahul Gandhi has been walking along the Yamuna Expressway to spread the word about how Chief Minister Mayawati has gone wrong in acquiring land for development. This campaign has come at a time when there is major criticism against the UPA government led by Dr Manmohan Singh and several Congressmen have even hinted not-too-subtly that Rahul Gandhi should take over. So is the padyatra to launch the 2012 campaign for Uttar Pradesh, or is it a more ambitious platform for Rahul Gandhi, the Prime Minister in waiting? And why is he suddenly talking about land issues when the Centre is also being blamed for not amending the Land Acquisition bill? Take a look.