New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has returned to the national capital after nearly two months’ absence, officials said today. The Congress vice president has been on a leave of absence since parliament’s budget session began on February 23.
He is scheduled to address a ‘kisan-mazdoor’ (farmer-worker) rally here on Sunday. Missing from action for over a month, Congress vice president has been on a leave of absence since the parliament’s budget session began on February 23.
His absence came amid intensely fluid political season that saw his mother and party president Sonia leading the opposition’s protest against the controversial land acquisition bill that sought to scrap the existing requirement of securing 80 percent consent from farmers before acquiring land.
The party, however, has been defending Rahul Gandhi’s absence all these days, saying he needed to chart out party’s future course in “isolation” after a series of electoral drubbing.
Bureau Report
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