Rahul to tour Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit colleges in Uttar Pradesh Monday and Tuesday in a bid to attract new members to the National Students Union of India (NSUI).

Gandhi will interact with college students in Jhansi, Allahabad, Varanasi, Lucknow and Agra “to spread awareness about the NSUI membership drive”, NSUI Uttar Pradesh president Rahul Rai said.

Rai told reporters in Jhansi, some 300 km from here, that he would coordinate the Jan 11 programme in Jhansi.

According to party sources, Gandhi will also visit the Banaras Hindu University Monday and Ravindralaya in Lucknow Tuesday.