Calling Rahul Gandhi the future prime minister, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said she will go to him the day he occupies the government’s top post and seek easing of land norms for faster progress of the city.
Speaking at a function held to confer freehold rights own residents of 45 resettlement colonies, Dikshit said there was multiplicity of authorities in the capital which led to difficulties in getting clearances for projects.
‘The day he (Rahul Gandhi) becomes prime minister, we will go to him for improving conditions. There is a need of systemic change,’ Dikshit said.
Dikshit’s remarks have come days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Rahul Gandhi was an ideal choice for the prime minister’s position after the 2014 election. Manmohan Singh also said on his way back from G20 Summit in St. Petersburg on Saturday that he would be very happy to work for the Congress party under the leadership of Rahul.
The remarks was construed as an indication that Rahul would be the party’s prime ministerial choice if the Congress wins the general elections next year. Delhi urban development minister Arvinder Singh Lovely also referred to Rahul Gandhi in his speech. ‘The whole country is looking towards Rahulji,’ he said.