I want to change politics in Uttar Pradesh: Rahul

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said that he wanted to give a new vision to politics in Uttar Pradesh by roping in more youth.

"I want to change the way politics is done in Uttar Pradesh. Politics in the state is in the past and we want to take it in the future. My aim is to build a new type of politics in the state," Gandhi told reporters during his two-day visit to the state.

Gandhi said he was not interested in elections in the state but in how the youth could be involved in politics and how they could they take it ahead it in a new way.

"My focus is not on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party but on the youth of the state to get them to politics," he said.

When asked about the indictment of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by the Liberhan Commission that was probing the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Gandhi declined to comment. "Vajpayee is a senior leader and I respect him. Whether Liberhan has done right or wrong... I cannot pass a judgment."