His ‘magic’ may not have worked in Uttar Pradesh, but that hasn’t stopped the Gandhi scion from attempting to revitalise his party in Maharashtra. On a two-day trip to the state, Rahul Gandhi addressed elected Congress representatives from various gram panchayats, zilla parishads, councils and municipal corporations at a congregation in Matunga yesterday, urging them to make the party stronger.

Focal piint: Rahul Gandhi obliged the crowd that had gathered at Matunga’s Indian Gymkhana yesterday, and posed for pictures. Pic/Sameer Markande