The place Is Rahul Gandhi?: BJP Questions Lok Sabha LoPs Frequent Visits To Vietnam
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) on Saturday launched a contemporary assault on senior Congress chief and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi over his “extraordinary fondness” for Vietnam because the saffron get together claimed that he ceaselessly visits the Southeast Asian nation.
BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed on Saturday that Rahul Gandhi is spending extra time in Vietnam than in his constituency and sought a proof from him for his “extraordinary fondness” for that nation.
“The place is Rahul Gandhi? I heard he has gone to Vietnam,” BJP chief and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated at a press convention the place he attacked the Karnataka authorities for its determination to offer a 4 % quota in authorities contracts to Muslims. Prasad stated Gandhi was within the Southeast Asian nation throughout the brand new 12 months as properly, claiming that he has spent almost 22 days there.
“He doesn’t spend so many days in his constituency. What’s the cause of his a lot love for Vietnam instantly,” the BJP chief requested. Gandhi is the Chief of Opposition (LoP) and needs to be obtainable in India, he stated. He additional acknowledged, “Rahul Gandhi wants to clarify his extraordinary fondness for Vietnam. The frequency of his go to to that nation may be very curious.”
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The previous Congress chief’s international journeys have lengthy been a supply of the BJP’s political assaults on him, because the ruling get together has sought to color him as an unserious politician unfit for the minimize and thrust of home politics.
The BJP’s IT division head, Amit Malviya, famous that the main points of Gandhi’s frequent international travels are neither disclosed to Parliament nor made public, as he requested the Congress to make clear the problem.
In a put up on X, he stated, “Because the Chief of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi holds a vital place, and his quite a few clandestine journeys overseas — particularly whereas Parliament is in session — elevate critical questions on propriety and nationwide safety.” The Congress has, in flip, accused the BJP of politicising his non-public visits, and has stated that he as a person has a proper to journey overseas.
Gandhi’s go to to Vietnam following the demise of former prime minister and Congress chief Manmohan Singh on December 26 final 12 months had additionally drawn criticism from the BJP. Malviya had then stated that whereas the nation was mourning Singh’s demise, Gandhi had flown to Vietnam to ring within the new 12 months.
