Camp: Bhubaneshwar (Orissa)Date: 10th March 2008www.pressbrief.inRahul Gandhi speaks to the press in Bhubaneshwar:Bhubaneshwar ,orissa (India)Speaking at a press conference in Bhubaneshwar, marking the end of his 4 day tour to Orissa, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi began by giving journalists a brief overview of his trip. "It was my first, relatively long tour of Orissa. This 3-4 day trip is the longest I have done in this state. I was actually quite surprised at how disconnected some parts of Orissa are from other parts. Quite surprised at how poor certain parts of Orissa are, in particular how poor certain communities in Orissa are and how disenfranchised they are. I looked at a number of villages. I had relatively close interactions with people and this was uniformly across the board. There is tremendous hardship and poverty here. "Rahul Gandhi went on to say, "I don't think Orissa per say is a poor state. There are other states which are poorer. The problem here is delivery and...