LUCKNOW: Buoyed by Congress party’s victory in three states, some party workers put up a poster near the party office in city on Thursday, hailing Rahul Gandhi as the 16th prime minister.The poster put up near UP Congress office by party workers Shaikh Zeeshan and Mohammad Aleem Mansoori congratulated Rahul Gandhi for party’s victory in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP and hailed him as 16th prime minister.The poster right across Congress headquarters, drew flak and triggerred a debate. “This is overconfidence,” said Anil Kumar, who works at an eatery. Rachna Singh who works in a government office, said, “They are doing no good to their leader.” Congress leaders denied any role in the poster and ordered its removal, as some said that workers had foreseen the truth. “ Yeh hi satya hai.. par samay se pahle kah diya gaya hai (It is truth, but has been uttered a bit early),” said a functionary.“We all want Rahul to become PM. But there is difference in wanting something and announcing it in public,” said Virendra Madan.BJP also hit out at Congress. “Winning three states is not a big achievement. I think workers have started day dreaming... but let me remind them that general elections are a different ballgame,” said BJP spokesperson Manoj Mishra.

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