Make Rahul Gandhi's 'meditational visit' itinerary public, argues BJP

As Congress explained Rahul Gandhi's 'meditational visit' abroad, BJP's IT chief Amit Malviya on Wednesday, took a jibe at the former Congress chief pointing out that India is known as a hub for meditation with a rich heritage. He questioned the grand old party why they did not make his abroad itinerary public. He also added that Gandhi routinely made such abroad trips for 'meditation'.

Why not make itinerary public? : BJP

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Rahul Gandhi on 'meditational visit': Congress

Earlier in the day, sharing details of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's second abroad trip since being re-elected, Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated that Rahul Gandhi had gone on a 'meditational visit', addressing a press conference in Delhi. He stated that the Congress' scheduled press conferences against the Centre addressing the economic slowdown was drafted as per Gandhi's direction. Surjewala added that Rahul Gandhi is known to take such trips from time-to-time. Sources report that neither Congress chief Sonia Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi will be present during the protests.

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Rahul Gandhi's 2nd abroad trip ahead of protests

Earlier in the day, sources reported that the Wayanad MP had left abroad on Monday, ahead of the party's planned 35 press conferences from November 1-8, to protest against the economic slowdown. Gandhi's visit is scheduled for a week and he will come back to India in the first week of November, as per ANI. Meanwhile, Congress is scheduled to hold 35 press conferences between November 1 and November 8 and protests will be held between November 5 and November 15 against the anti-economic policies and decisions of PM Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. 

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Rahul Gandhi's Bangkok trip

Previously on October 5, adding to the turmoil in the Grand Old Party the former party president left for Bangkok in the wake of the Congress being split into two camps - Sonia Gandhi's supporters and Rahul Gandhi's supporters ahead of the Maharashtra and Haryana state Assembly polls. Prior to Gandhi's Bangkok trip, on the same day, former Haryana chief Ashok Tanwar resigned from the party amid reports of a tussle between Tanwar and Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Inspite of the internal turmoil, Congress has made a comeback winning 31 seats in the 90-seat Assembly. But the BJP-JJP-Independents allied to form the next Haryana Government.

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