Lucknow, May 5 -- Those who work hard would play a key role in the run-up to 2027 UP assembly elections while the shirkers are free to leave the Congress - this was the sum and substance of Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi's signal to his party's booth level workers at a closed-door programme at Dalmau in his constituency on April 29.

While giving this indication, he reminded the party workers of the speech he delivered at the Congress Working Committee meeting at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on April 8.

Amid loud applause, Rahul Gandhi, who is Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said, "I am not sure whether you heard my Gujarat speech. I made two to three points and spoke about the categorisation of horses- these include a racehorse, a horse used ...