Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again set out on a foreign trip and is going to Italy, where his maternal grandmother lives.
the meaning of travel Rahul Gandhi Will be missing in action when the schedule of assembly elections is announced in the first week of January. The first casualty of the Yatra was the Moga rally which Gandhi was scheduled to address Punjab – His first in a state where Congress plagued by internal strife. The rally will take place after Rahul Gandhi returns. Punjab and Uttarakhand are the two states where there is a possibility of a fight for the Congress. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party and the ruling BJP are already campaigning in full swing.
Congress sources said Rahul Gandhi spent around 25 days abroad this year and made four such trips. Just before the winter session, the Congress leader was on a short visit to London but returned just a day before the Parliament session, in which he raised issues such as farmers’ protests.
While the BJP has repeatedly taken a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s foreign visits, many within the Congress have also expressed personal concerns about the timing of his visits.
Gandhi was in Singapore for a seminar during the peak of the anti-CAA protests. He was in Thailand just before elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, forcing his campaign to be cut short.
Again in December 2020, amid protests by farmers over the three agricultural laws, Gandhi left for Italy. The timing of the visit was also criticized by farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, who said the Congress leader had “degraded the cause of the farmers”.
According to data made public by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi has traveled abroad 247 times between 2015 and 2019, almost five times a month. The Home Minister also alleged that these visits were made without following the protocol and keeping the SPG in the know.
Rahul Gandhi’s latest visit also comes amid a global spurt in Covid-19 cases, led by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. While the government has cautioned against foreign travel, many in the BJP have called Gandhi’s visit “irresponsible”.
Responding to the criticism, Congress media department head Randeep Surjewala said, “Rahul Gandhi is on a brief personal visit. BJP and its media friends should not spread rumours unnecessarily.
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