Ins and outs

The Uttar Pradesh election results may not be out but for many in the Congress, especially those close to Rahul Gandhi, who steered the election campaign there, the battle is already won. Union Minister Jairam Ramesh is one of such loyalists. Releasing the new guidelines under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), he was asked about his criticism of the way the scheme was run by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. “Former chief minister of UP,'' he countered. Whether her successor will be a Congress politician is, of course, quite another question.