UP: Rahul visits Islamic clerics, discusses RTE

Lucknow: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday visited Nadva, a renowned centre of Islamic learning, and met its rector Maulana Rabe Hasni Nadvi.

Rahul had one-to-one meeting with the rector for over an hour, Congress sources said.

The issue of Right to Education and reported confusion among Muslims over it was discussed, they said adding Rahul assured him that this would be removed.

When asked to give his blessings to Rahul, the rector cited his relations with the Nehru-Gandhi family and said he always had good wishes for them, the sources said.