The down the earth, young politician!

Down to Earth, Young, Smashing, Bold, Powerful, Graceful, Nice, Hard Working.....and SINGLE!

That's Rahul Gandhi for you. Rahul is not only the most eligible bachelor of the country, but also one of the most loved and respected young politicians. People like him, trust him and respect him. One visit from this Gandhi scion to a girl's college in Patna unleashed hundreds of young women who lined up outside the Congress' office to join politics. That is the magic of this down-to-earth guy, who is not scared of travelling by trains....even the local Mumbai train.

The whole city of Mumbai was on tanterhooks yesterday after the spate of verbal attack between the Sena and Rahul. But the bold guy that he is, Rahul took up the Sena's challenge and came to Mumbai immediately afetr the Sena challenged him. Not only did he come to Mumbai, Rahul also took the local train and mingled with the "aam junta". Here's a blog entry of one of the lucky commuters who met Rahul Gandhi in a train yesterday:

"I took the 12.40 pm local train from Borivli to Dadar and boarded the second-class compartment. As the train  reached Andheri station, we heard a commotion, and suddenly a posse of grim-faced bodyguards entered, followed by Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul looked just like any other commuter in a white kurta-pyjama. Everybody started chanting, "arre Rahul Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi aaya." He graciously returned people's greetings. Some of his bodyguards lined up on both sides of the compartment doors and closed the access; others sat with the commuters.

Rahul asked a commuter how he was, and the commuter told him that he had problems commuting from Virar sometimes, because of the packed trains. Some commuters even joked that they hoped things would improve after his train ride.

A woman even took Rahul's autograph. Rahul asked her husband what he does and the man replied he was a storywriter, and was writing a story about dowry. Rahul asked him to give his mobile number to one of his men.

I asked Rahul if he was going to Ghatkopar. He said, "Yes." So I told him that he would have to take another train from Dadar. He said, "Theek hai, theek hai." At Dadar, Rahul disembarked. I was struck at how down-to-earth Rahul seemed with no airs, ekdum cool. "