Next Time Rahul Gandhi Comes Here He Will Get 27, Say Irate UP Villagers

"While setting this yardstick, the commission's officials seem to have ignored the money they themselves spend on their food," said Mishra.

Leaders from the Congress were not aware of the poverty in the Bundelkhand region despite Gandhi having spent a night with Prajapati's family, he added.

Another activist Suresh Raikwar said they would organise the poor in the region and give 27 for a day's meal to each leader from the Congress or its allies who visit the area ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

"Gandhi will be given 27 a day, Raj Babbar 12, Rasheed Masood 5 and Farooq Abdullah Re 1, so that they can have a full meal in Bundelkhand," said Raikwar.

"We would protest if the administration officials try to arrange meals for them," he said.

Congress leader Rasheed Masood claimed that "one can eat well" for 5 in the national capital, a day after Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar said that one can have a full meal for 12 in Mumbai.

"You can eat well for 5 in the Jama Masjid area of Delhi," Masood, a Rajya Sabha member from the Congress, told reporters here.

Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Friday said that one can have a full meal for Re 1.

"One can eat for Re 1, if desired. It depends on the common man how much they can afford and they have to manage in that only," Abdullah told reporters on the ongoing debate on poverty.