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New Delhi, October 12 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday raised questions over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to South America, where he has been since September 26.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya took to social media to seek answers from the opposition leader in the Lok Sabha and the Congress.
In a post on X, Malviya said that Rahul Gandhi had left for South America on September 26. “It has been more than 15 days now, and apart from a few staged videos made to divert attention from the real purpose of his visit, there is complete silence,” the BJP leader said.
Apart from describing Gandhiji’s programs as stage videos, Malviya also raised questions on the rest of his itinerary. “Where is Rahul Gandhi really, and what is he doing in South America? Why so much secrecy?”. He said.
Accusing the Congress leader of “secrecy” on Sunday, Malviya had attacked Rahul Gandhi for taking “holidays” abroad, wondering what excuses the “missing” leader would make after the grand alliance’s possible defeat in the Bihar assembly elections next month.
Malviya wrote on his
The BJP has accused the Congress leader of portraying the country in a bad light and declaring that “India does not want to lead the world”.
Earlier, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had demanded an investigation into Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tours in the last ten years.
The BJP MP had said on October 7 that MPs including Rahul Gandhi do not need any permission from the government while going on a study tour.
He further said that during Rajiv Gandhi’s government, two Union ministers – Minister of State for Rural Development Chandulal Chandrakar, and Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies KP Singh Deo, as well as State Electronics Commission Chairman MS Sanjeevi Rao had to resign because espionage cases were filed against them.
Dubey also shared documents on
Citing this infamous example, Nishikant Dubey demanded that Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips be kept under the ambit of investigation agencies.
Rahul Gandhi is currently on a tour of four South American countries and is meeting many students, businessmen and political leaders. At an event at EIA University in Colombia, he accused the BJP-led NDA government of carrying out a “wholesale attack on Indian democracy”.
–IANS
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