Rahul Gandhi labored today to convert an uh-oh moment into a point of attack. "When farmers leave with cots, they are called chors (thieves). When an industrialist escapes with 9,000 crores, he's called a defaulter," he said in Uttar Pradesh, referring to liquor baron Vijay Mallya who has refused to return to India to face banks to whom his defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes big money.
